```{warning}
This is a simple port from the [original documentation](https://archive.blender.org/wiki/2015/index.php/User:Raa/Addons/Pie_Menu_Editor/). It will be improved in the future.
```

(ui-customization)=

# UI Customization

## Group panels

Collect Popup Dialogs or existing Blender panels in an editor's sidebar. See [Side Panel Editor](side_panel_editor.md) for creating, placing, and nesting panels.

---

## Hide unused panels

Hide existing panels in groups. See [Hiding Unused Panels](hiding_unused_panels.md) for adding targets and restoring their original display.

---

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## Menu/Panel Extension

Insert your menus into existing Blender menus, panels, or headers.
Redesigned in PME 2.0.0, this uses dedicated Target, Side, and Order properties. Several menus can share a Target and use Poll to control their visibility.

**Feature details and workflows are documented in [Interactive Panels and Extend Panel](interactive_panels.md).**

- **Pop-up Dialog** extension settings → [Popup Dialog Editor](popup_dialog_editor.md)
- **Regular Menu** extension settings → [Regular Menu Editor](regular_menu_editor.md)

Older-version reference videos — [original author roaoao's channel](../reference/original_author_videos.md)

:::{dropdown} Extending Panels in Blender
:open:

<div class="video-container pme-reference-video">
  <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iO9PzLX6EDQ" title="Extending Panels in Blender" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>

[Extending Panels in Blender — Open on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO9PzLX6EDQ)
:::


---

(pme-toolbar)=

## PME Toolbar

```{admonition} Note
:class: warning

It stopped working after 4.3. I am in the process of fixing this.
```

PME allows you to use the *User Preferences* area as a toolbar when its width or height is minimal:

![PME Toolbar](/../../shared/_static/images/original/toolbars/pme_toolbars.gif)

Older-version reference videos — [original author roaoao's channel](../reference/original_author_videos.md)

:::{dropdown} Toolbars in Blender 2.79

<div class="video-container pme-reference-video">
  <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PB3wtlZ6AaM" title="Toolbars in Blender 2.79" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>

[Toolbars in Blender 2.79 — Open on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB3wtlZ6AaM)
:::


### Naming

Toolbars display popup dialog's layout depending on its name:

```text
Toolbar <Screen Name> <Position>
```

Where *Screen Name* and *Position* are optional and *Position* takes one of these values: *Left*, *Right*, *Top*, *Bottom*.

### Examples

| Example | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `Toolbar Top` | Top toolbar, all screens |
| `Toolbar UV Editing Right` | Right toolbar, *UV Editing* screen |
| `Toolbar 3D View Full` | Any toolbar, *3D View Full* screen |

### Saving

Toolbar widgets are stored in *User Preferences*. The position and size of the toolbars are stored in *.blend* files. So in order to save your toolbars, you need to use both {menuselection}`File --> User Preferences --> Save User Settings` and {menuselection}`File --> Save Startup File` commands.

By default Blender loads UI stored in *.blend* files. To keep the current UI (including toolbars) you need to uncheck *Load UI* option:

![PME Load UI option](/../../shared/_static/images/original/toolbars/pme_load_ui.png)