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1. Triplex is a "visual IDE" for React/Three Fiber. For visual-first dev use transforms and prop controls to set prop values while leaning on features like undo and play controls. For code-first dev it's similar to Storybook but with inbuilt dev-time features like helpers and component controls.

2. So when clicking on scene objects Triplex takes a component-first approach, meaning it prioritizes components over host elements like <mesh>. Imagine having a <House> component in your scene and you want to change its position, but clicking on it you'd select its doors or windows. Weird right?

3. Okay easy, you might be thinking. But I found this to be a Hard Problem! It took two main revisions to get to a resilient solution but both leaned on one fundamental constraint: the need to inject metadata into the scene so we can tie scene objects back to elements and components. The first...