Load a shelf

There are many more shelves than the ones displayed by default in the user interface. If you want to use a shelf that does not appear in the UI, click the Shelf icon , and select Load Shelf.

The Load Shelf window opens, showing the contents of the runtime/script/shelf directory.

To add default shelves to Maya on Linux

1. Open the Script Editor (Window > General Editors > Script Editor).
2. To load all shelves, copy the following script and paste it into the Script Editor window, then select Command > Execute. Select only some shelves from the list below if you do not want to load them all.

loadNewShelf "shelf_General.mel";
loadNewShelf "shelf_Curves.mel";
loadNewShelf "shelf_Surfaces.mel";
loadNewShelf "shelf_Polygons.mel";
loadNewShelf "shelf_Deformation.mel";
loadNewShelf "shelf_Animation.mel";
loadNewShelf "shelf_Dynamics.mel";
loadNewShelf "shelf_Rendering.mel";
loadNewShelf "shelf_Fluids.mel";
loadNewShelf "shelf_Fur.mel";
loadNewShelf "shelf_Hair.mel";
saveAllShelves $gShelfTopLevel;

Related topics

• Main window
• Show or hide shelves
• Create a custom shelf
• Add a tool, action, or Maya script to a shelf
• Edit the contents of a shelf
• Use a custom icon for a shelf item
• Use a high resolution custom icon for a shelf item