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Running Blender 4.2

Hit a snag that I haven't found a solution for after days of trawling. I created some new bone collections to match some new bones that I added onto my metarig. It's a dragon character, so the wings and wing 'fingers' required new bones and controls. Though almost every aspect of the rig works fine, the new bone collections I created aren't showing up in the 'rig layers' panel that's used to select/deselect bone collections. This is strange since selecting/deselecting the new bone collections in edit mode works perfectly.

I have tried this suggestion here...: How to update existing Rigify bone layers? ...but hit a roadblock when I realised that the Data panel had a different UI. I also tried reloading the python script and ensuring that auto-update of scripts was enabled in preferences, but with no luck.

I have attached 3 images that may help explain my issue better. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Wing.L (IK) bone collection (+ plus others) not showing in 'rig layers' panel

Evidencing proper selection of bones from 'bone collections' in edit mode

Evidencing assigned bone collections in pose mode

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    $\begingroup$ Hi Lucky, please use the 'answer' field to post your answer. $\endgroup$
    – Joachim
    Commented Aug 13 at 22:35
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    $\begingroup$ Hi, thanks for the post. While answering your own question is possible and even encouraged, it should be done respecting the site structure. Could you break this up into two posts, rephrasing the problem to read like an actual question or expose a problem, while the solution is written as a separate answer in the proper section below? See How do I write a good answer? $\endgroup$
    – Lauloque ♦
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    $\begingroup$ Thank you for the suggestions, post has been amended. $\endgroup$
    – LuckySparx
    Commented Aug 15 at 21:51

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Dug around the UI a bit, and found the 'Bone Collection UI' panel here: Data >Rigify >Bone Collection UI. Please note that the original metarig must be selected. Don't know how I missed it, in hindsight. But selecting your currently missing bone collection may show a 'UI row' of 0. Changing this value will place the bone collection in it's matching position on the 'rig layers' panel. Once it's in, you can edit the UI however you wish. Make sure you regenerate the rig for your UI changes to show up!

UI showing how to assign new bone collections to rig layers

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    – Joachim
    Commented Aug 15 at 22:35
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    $\begingroup$ Can't remember, but I tried it again tonight with the same image and it's working now (y) $\endgroup$
    – LuckySparx
    Commented Aug 19 at 21:35
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    $\begingroup$ Excellent! Consider marking your answer as accepted, it will make it more visible. $\endgroup$
    – Lauloque ♦
    Commented Aug 19 at 22:13

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