I have been trying to move the elements in the scene with the moving tool (hotkey ‘W’), but the elements don’t move/transform. The tools work when i change the scene to 3d, but i go back to 2d and still don’t work. Any idea on how to fix it?
Which objects are you talking about? If you’re trying to move Sprites, they won’t show a “Move” manipulator when in 2D mode. You simply hold click down on them and drag them where you want. They did it this way because since you are only dealing with 2 axis, the manipulator isn’t really needed. Set up your Snap settings to be power of 2 numbers or fractions, and then hold CTRL while moving, to greatly simplify your placement of objects in 2D.
edit: Make sure your Sprite Renderer or other components aren’t collapsed in the Inspector. As it won’t show the manipulators for that object while it’s collapsed.