Questions tagged [panel]
A panel is a user interface organization element. It provides categorization by separating displayed elements
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Iterate over all panels in screen?
I have a timer that is running in the background.
I'm trying to identify the running operator by its panel, so when that operator's panel goes away, I execute some code.
I thought about iterating all ...
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Is it not possible to store UI-related variables in the Panel itself?
I'm making a custom panel for a pet-project, very new to Python and Blender. One thing I noticed that in all example panels I can find, all input is stored in global objects, like scene object. I ...
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How to create a group of property groups?
I need to create various kind of materials, so I made myself an add-on to make it easier. But I have like two dozens of kind of materials, declined with hundreds of colors. Until now, i made it up ...
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Dynamically adding/deleting foldable panels
I created a panel called "Platforms", which displays some information. In that panel, I have an "Add" operator, which creates expandable rows (which can all be individually deleted ...
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N Panel tabs sidebar to fill vertically
In Blender 3.5 my many add-on tabs in the N-Panel sidebar filled the vertical space (reducing the names/labels of each tab to fit). Upgrading to 3.6 it seems this is no longer a feature and the tabs ...
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My UIList does not scroll down in version 3.3.6
I wrote an addon with several UI Lists. In Blender 3.2, I had no trouble scrolling down the list if it became longer than the box on the screen. However, I recently switched to Blender 3.3.6 and I ...
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How to show Adjust Last Operation panel when adding primitive via Python?
When I add an primitive via Python by using the following code:
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multiple template_preview flickering issue
I have been working on a panel that contains a list of textures and additional information. This is for rendering a garment with multiple textures.
The main idea is to facilitate non-3D users to load ...
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Make odds and even rows in UIList with a different color? (Kind of 'Zebra' style)
I was wondering if this is possible to achieve (and if so, how):
(Notice the slighly more brilliant even rows)
Is just a template_list with an ...
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How can I get the class name of a panel where a button is pressed?
At the moment this addon makes a custom panel with only one button that prints "Active Panel IDName:", but how can I pass the class panel where this button was pressed? Is there a way to get ...
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Close popover panel when button (operator) is pressed?
Basically what the title says. After pressing a button/operator in a popover panel, I would like to close it.
I have no idea how, and I wasn't able to find anything in the manual. I made a litle ...
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How to avoid drawing an UIList item in draw_item?
I have an UIList drawing a collection of items.
When those items have a property (bool) draw_in_ui set to False, I would like to avoid it from drawing in draw_item() function:
I thought about ...
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Editing Vertices, Edges, & Faces in Edit Mode
I have a FloatProperty that I'm displaying in a Panel in the VIEW_3D. With its get and set ...
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How i can add rigify side panel?
In blender 3.6 rigify side panel (n) which contain ik is missing and also there is no script found to run..
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How to draw surface and image texture buttons on the custom panel
how to draw this button on the custom panel
and this:
I was able to draw it on my panel, but it doesn't change the texture
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Registration and Unregistration of custom generated panels isn't working
I made this add-on script that creates panels for each node in the compositor when the button is pressed. However when I install the addon and remove or disable it only the panel with the button is ...
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Unregister an register panels with python
The following script is part of a bigger addon that creates panels procedurally to a given category. The problem that I am dealing with is that when I remove the addon that also contains this script ...
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Python-API, custom interface: How do I recreate mesh/vertex data settings from the 3D View sidebar (for example to manipulate vertex group weights)?
I want to use some mesh settings from the 3D view sidebar and put them in a different place for a custom interface. I have already filled the sidebar with different extra buttons and object settings ...
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How to update panel width immediately
I am creating a popover panel and user is able to change "bl_ui_units_x" value from the Addon Preferences window. Everything works as intended, however if user changes panel width with a new ...
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Sidebar "Item" Tab has Disappeared
I've been using Blender for a couple of weeks now, and things have been going well until today when the "Item" tab in the sidebar suddenly wasn't there any longer. (See screenshot)
I've ...
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It is possible to insert specific space/region within a panel?
my question consist if it is possible to add a preview of a certain region or space to be able to visualize it inside a panel as I show in the following image:
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Using .alert = True partially
I am trying to make a button appear red in a panel. I have the following code:
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How to update the texture in the UI when using "template_preview"
I'm using Blender 3.4 and I want to display an image in the UI and be able to change it by pressing a button.
The button using ImportHelper executes this code:
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Access the parent Panel from a context menu?
I have a created a context menu. I'd like to only show this menu when it's called within a specific Panel. How many I get the Panel in which the context menu is being drawn? I have tried ...
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How to show Edit mode selection panel
For a reason in my Blender 3.3.4 I don't have the Edit mode selection panel anymore when I switch to Edit mode (tab):
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/2.80/_images/modeling_meshes_selecting_mode-...
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How can I set the active category in the "N" panel?
I have created a custom panel and when N is pressed on the keyboard in 3d view we get the Sidebar with the Item tab opened by default, but I don't want that. I have also added an operator that does ...
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Properties don't show up on panel [duplicate]
I was following this tutorial to make a simple calculator in blender (v3.3.1), my code is almost if not completely identical to that of the recording but unlike the tutorial's mine does not seem to ...
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How to add a subpanel to a panel created by a different addon
I'm trying to add a subpanel to a panel created by a different addon.
Practical example:
I created an addon ("1st addon") that creates a panel in the N panel.
Now I want to develop a new ...
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Blender outliner Context Menu entry
I want to add an entry in the object context menu of the outliner. I tried with bpy.types.OUTLINER_MT_context_menu with no results.
Any idea how i can do that ?
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How to define appearance order of items in bpy.props.EnumProperty?
This question has been haunting me for quite a while. I need to set items in Enum in some specific order. Let's say, I have:
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Is it possible to arrange the 2 or 3 items of Enum Property in one row and others is second or third?
I have an enum property that has 6 items and what I want is to arrange the 3 items in one and the other 3 items in the second row. Is it possible to set them?
Here is the code:
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How to add scrollbar in my nested panel and add delete button?
So i have created this custom panel (thanks to people from this community who helps me out tho )which shows list of objects based on the category i have selected from the dropdown ,i want the list in ...
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How to create a dropdown consisting of object types and display data accordingly the type i have selected?
I am trying to create a basic crud tool in blender and my requirements are create a dropdown on top of the panel and once i select one of the types from the dropdown it shows data below accordingly.
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how to display Modifier panel visible in N-panel?
I want to display the modifier panel in the Npanel,
I have achieved the panel like this, but I cant't display the added modifiers:
This is my code:
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list of scene UI
I want to make list of scenes, and found blender list ui using template_list from How to compile template_list with some object in scene 2.8.
I think it would be possible writing like..
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PropertyGroup Properties do not exist until value is changed in panel
I am having some trouble. Basically, when I load up this script, I see a panel drawn with a simple value that can be changed.
The value shows as expected in the UI, and the propertygroup I see exists ...
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Is there a way to access N-Panel items without going through the N-Panel menu? [duplicate]
I have over a dozen add-ons that are accessed via the N-Panel. Is there a way to access these add-ons without having to go through the N-Panel?
Like a lot of Blender users, my N-Panel has become messy ...
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Panel Folder Select and get Absolute path
Trying to let user select the path to the folder they have. I will need that path to attach custom texture images to the object. But all I can get now is
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How to pass text argument to a popover panel?
In the example below I have 3 instance of a same popover panel class
i want to pass a string argument to these panels, so they each display different text, without creating 3 different panel
how can i ...
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Duplicate whole panel in addon
Does anyone know how to clone an existing panel? Down below there is a partial solution from Jakemoyo ( thanks!), using a popover. But I don't want a popover, I want the original layout, just cloned. ...
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How do I get the Transform Panel to show?
I've tried Object and Edit mode ... but somehow the Transform panel does not show up - how do I get the panel to show up so that I can numerically enter transform values?
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undo action is causing blender to crash when changing position value in a custom Panel
I'll be quick:
I created a panel.
I created a column with a prop: the position vector of a given object.
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How can I determine the origin of a property change in a blender panel? [duplicate]
In my register I create the following property:
setattr(bpy.types.Scene, "test_enum", bpy.props.EnumProperty(items=items, update=func1))
and in func1 i ...
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Button disappears when object is deleted
I have a panel button that disappears whenever an object (mesh, light, camera etc) is deleted
from the scene. Is there a fix for this?
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Update Float Property Based on Selected Object
I'm writing an add-on and have a float property which drives the thickness attribute of a solidify modifier for the selected object. Currently, the float property displays the last value assigned by ...
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How do I pass a CollectionProperty from a Panel to an Operator sto create general classes for UIList
I want to put multiple UILists in my addon. I started off with the example discussed here:
https://sinestesia.co/blog/tutorials/using-uilists-in-blender/
I am storing each list in a scene custom ...
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How can I update a Panel from an Operator?
I have an Operator that fetches some data on execute. I want to iterate the results, adding rows to the layout of a Panel. I'm stuck on how to give the Operator a reference to the Panel.
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Blender Python Addon doesn't unregister (registers fine)
Disclaimer: I'm new to Blender Python. Thank you in advance for your assistance, and patience. I saw this related question but I'm not sure it applies here.
I am developing an addon with a panel class ...
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Draw Boolean property as a button without a icon
So here is a example Panel and adding a boolean,
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