# Components
Components let builders save and recycle elements within a room. When an element is saved as a component, you can easily duplicate that element while maintaining its assigned properties - including hitboxes, z-indexes and interactions.
## Creating and Using Components
To turn an element into a component, select the element and click **Create Component**. Once an element is converted to a component, its selection box will turn from blue to purple for easy identification.
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If your element has any interactions applied, those will automatically apply to your component settings.
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One your component is created, you can use it across your room. You can view, add and edit all your room's components by navigating to [**Asset Manager**](https://docs.bueno.art/buenoverse/fundamentals/asset-manager) **> Components**.
You can access component from other rooms in your world by typing in that room's slug in the **Room** field.
You can grab a component you created from the asset manager and place it in a room, **or duplicate it by holding `Option+Drag (MacOS) / Alt+Drag (PC)`.**
To unlink a component and make it a regular element again, you can select **Detach** from the tool bar or quick edit menu on the right.
## Edit components
Once an element is a component, new interactions and properties can be edited from the component editor menu. To edit a single component, select your element and navigate to **Edit Component**.
This will bring up the **Edit Component** menu, isolating your component for more precise editing.
In this menu, you can add or remove additional interactions, as well as edit the hitbox/z-index and other properties.
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Any changes to the component will automatically apply to all existing instances of that component. Give your new components **detailed names** if you plan to make variations with the same element!
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