Panel Editor

To open the Panel Editor

In main menu bar: Windows > Settings/Preferences > Panel Editor
In scene view: Panels > Panel Editor
Right-click any of the Quick layout buttons and select Edit Layouts

Tabs

Panels

Displays existing Maya UI panels that you can rename or delete.

Select a panel and edit the Label field to rename it. You cannot rename the Top View, Side View, Front View, or Persp View panels.
Select a panel and click Delete to remove it from the list.

New Panel

Contains controls for creating a new panel type.

Add a new panel to the list of available panels

Layouts

Displays existing panel layouts.

Click New Layout to add an item to the list.
Click a layout and click the Edit Layouts tab to edit it.
To delete a layout, click it in the list, then click Delete.

Edit Layouts

Displays the current panel layout for editing.

Create a custom panel layout
Configurations

Use this tab to change the configuration and proportions of the layout.

From the drop-down list, select the panel layout you want.

Resize the panes by dragging the borders in the thumbnail view of the layout. The main window changes to reflect your changes.

Contents

Use this tab to change which panel contents appear in the layout.

Scene Independent

Scene independent layouts are available for all scenes. Their contents are defined by panel types.

If you have multiple panels of the same type in a scene, it is not certain which panels show up when you select your layout. This is not a problem in most cases; however, if you are working a lot in a particular scene, you may want to develop layouts to save specifically with that scene.

Associated with Scene

These layouts are only usable with the current scene. You can specify a particular panel if you have more than one of the same type.

History

Displays the history of the panels you used.

Maya keeps a record of panel layout changes. This lets you step forward or back through each view. This is helpful if you are moving between two layouts and cannot remember their names.

History Depth: Specify the number of configurations you want stored in the history.
Wrap History: Toggle this on to return you to the first view or the most recent view configuration when you reach the end of recorded history.
Clear History: Deletes the record of all the panels you have used.
Previous Layout: Browse back through the panel layouts.
Next Layout: Browse forward through the panel layouts.