Create a custom panel layout

To create a new custom panel layout

  1. Set up the layout, panel sizes, and panel contents you want.
  2. In a panel, select Panels > Panel Editor.
  3. Click the Layouts tab.
  4. Click New Layout.
  5. Type a descriptive name for the layout in the Name text box.
    Note: Panel layouts cannot use panels that have been torn off. If you select a panel layout that includes a torn-off panel, Maya displays a warning that it cannot use the panel. Any available panel is used instead. For example, the built-in Persp/Outliner panel layout usually places the Outliner in the left pane and the Perspective view in the right pane. If you tear the Outliner off into its own window, a warning is issued and another panel is put in place of the Outliner.

    Once you close the tear-off panel, it can be used by panel layouts that include it.

To assign a custom layout to one of the icons in the Quick Layout bar below the Tool Box

  1. Create custom panel layout.
  2. In the Quick Layout bar, right-click on the thumbnail you want to assign the new layout to, and select the layout from the menu.
  3. To change the thumbnail image, right-click on the thumbnail again and select Change Image. You can select a pre-made image or load an icon image from a file.

To delete a saved layout

  1. In a panel, select Panels > Panel Editor.
  2. Click the Layouts tab.
  3. Click the layout name, then click Delete.

Related topics

Parent topic: Customize the look and feel of the interface