---
title: "Adding User Components to a Game Object"
docs: "Phaser Editor v4"
url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/user-components/user-components-instancing
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Adding User Components to a Game Object

You can add a user component to an object (entity)  in two ways: manually, and with the Scene Editor.

Adding a component to an object manually:

```javascript
const platform = ...;
const move = new HorizontalMove(platform);
move.minX = 100;
move.maxX = 400;
```

The constructor of the user component **HorizontalMove** adds the component to the object. You can keep a reference to the component or get the component from the game object, with the **getComponent** method:

```javascript
const move = HorizontalMove.getComponent(platform);
```

However, the interesting is adding components to objects in the Scene Editor.

This is possible with the **Add User Component** command:

- Select an object.

- Execute the **Add User Component** command (`M`). It is also available in the context menu **Scripting** → **Add User Component**.

   ![Add User Component command.](https://cdn.phaser.io/editor-docs/scene-editor-user-components-obj-add-component-1-20230627.webp)
   
- The command opens a dialog with all the components defined in the project (grouped by the `*.components` files). Select the one you want to add:

   ![Select user component.](https://cdn.phaser.io/editor-docs/scene-editor-user-components-obj-add-component-2-20230627.webp)

- The Inspector view provides a new **HorizontalMove** section with the properties of the component:

   ![Showing the user components of an object.](https://cdn.phaser.io/editor-docs/scene-editor-user-components-show-components-20230627.webp)


## Generating the code for a component in an object

The [user components compiler](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/user-components/user-components-compiler.md) will generate the code to create the component, just like if you write it by hand:

```javascript
// bridge2 (components)
const bridge2HorizontalMove = new HorizontalMove(bridge2);
bridge2HorizontalMove.horizVelocity = 100;
bridge2HorizontalMove.minX = 10;
bridge2HorizontalMove.maxX = 400;
```


## Actions for a component

These are the actions associated to the user component of an object:

![User component section's menu.](https://cdn.phaser.io/editor-docs/scene-editor-user-components-section-menu-20230627.webp)
* **Select Objects With HorizontalMove**: selects in the scene all objects containing the **HorizontalMove** component.
* **Open Definition Of HorizontalMove**: opens the definition of the component in the [User Components Editor](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/user-components/user-components-editor.md).
* **Move Up**, **Move Down**: changes the order of the component.
* **Delete**: deletes the component from the object.


## Browsing the User Components in a scene

You can take an overview of all the user components in all the objects of the scene with the **Browse User Components** (`Shift+M`) command:

![Browse User Component command.](https://cdn.phaser.io/editor-docs/scene-editor-user-components-browse-1-20230627.webp)![User components in the scene.](https://cdn.phaser.io/editor-docs/scene-editor-user-components-browse-2-20230627.webp)

---

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