You can set the following preferences in the UI Elements category of the Preferences window.
To return to the default factory settings, choose in this window. Note that this resets the preferences in every category in the Preferences window.
Hides or displays these UI elements in the Maya window. You can also control this display from the Windows > UI Elements menu.
You can select to show or hide the Editor. The Editor can be one of the Attribute Editor, Tool Settings, or Channel Box/Layer Editor. You can also control this display from the Windows > UI Elements menu or the three icons on the far right of the Status Line.
When Save panel layouts with file is turned on, the panel layouts are saved with the scene file. The default is on. (This replaces the former Save File options.)
Turn this option off when making objects/sub-scenes to use as referenced files. By default, Maya remembers everything about every editor you’ve opened, such as location, size, window-specific options, etc., in every scene file (.ma/.mb). This is saved as a attribute on a script node named uiConfigurationScriptNode that displays as MEL code added into a node's string-valued attributes.
When turned on, this restores saved layouts from the file. The default is on. (This replaces the former Open File options.)
You can specify a layout for new scenes.
Keeps the current layout for new scenes.
Creates new scenes based on the layout selected from the drop-down menu. Single Perspective View is the default.
De-select this option so that your panel preferences, for example, shading mode (for example, Wireframe), or lighting mode (for example, Use All Lights) are saved with your session of Maya.
If you select this option, all of your panel settings are reset when a new session of Maya starts.