These guides cover the newest parts of the turtleSpaces IDE. For a tour of the whole screen, the panels and the menus, start with About the webIDE. For a round-up of everything new this year, see What’s new in 2026.
Hide the expert settings and tabs for a simpler IDE, and bring them back when you’re ready.
The stacked tablet layout, the Canvas | Code | Blocks phone tabs, and Desktop view.
Select, move, insert, edit and delete blocks without a mouse.
The Share dialog: a link to play, embed code, Open in the IDE and a QR code.
Free-form lines, the classic grid, font sizing, and how settextsize and setcursor behave in the console.
Stack up to 16 effects with setshadertype, and tune each one with setshadersettings.
Shelly the turtle pops up when your code hits an error. Signed in, Shelly can have Claude explain the error on its own or in your code. Signed out, Shelly gives a plain-language hint and a button to sign in for more help. To stop the popups, tick Don’t show this again; turn them back on with Settings › Shelly error help.
Classroom is in the user menu at the top right once you are signed in. It is where teachers create groups, mark a group as a classroom and get a registration link for their students. On a phone, Classroom is in the ☰ menu. See For teachers for a five-minute class setup guide.