Tag: browse/panels-ui

Why does an operator fail from a PME menu or panel?

Diagnose Blender poll failures caused by the wrong editor, region, mode, or keymap scope.

Reuse Blender UI or Extend It with Interactive Panels

Point at a visible Blender menu, panel, or header, then reuse its content inside PME or place PME co...

Add a complex Blender widget to a PME Popup Dialog

Use a Custom item and Blender's UILayout template methods when PME cannot add a widget from the norm...

Build a stable custom toolbar from PME Panel Groups

Historical · current compatibility unverified

A historical community design for fixed-position tool sections that do not reorder with installed ad...

Create a PME sidebar panel with Panel Group

Place PME menu items in Blender's T-panel or N-panel by configuring Panel Group space, region, conte...

Embed a Pose panel in a Weight Paint Popup Dialog

Historical · current compatibility unverified

A historical advanced pattern that uses a Blender context override to draw a native Pose panel throu...

Enable a PME action only when an option is turned on

Use a PME Boolean Property to keep a dependent action visible but disabled until its prerequisite is...

Expose one axis of a Blender vector property in PME

Use UILayout's index argument to show only X, Y, or Z from an array property instead of drawing the ...

Group framed sections inside a PME Popup Dialog

Historical · current compatibility unverified

A historical composition pattern for nesting child dialogs and drawing each one with its own frame.

Give PME enum buttons explicit labels

Use UILayout's text keyword with prop_enum so custom PME buttons remain readable across Blender UI c...

Make a PME Property Editor slider for Blender data

Bind a PME Float Property to a Blender value with Getter and Setter callbacks, then present it as a ...

Make a PME action button reflect a Blender property's current state

Use a Custom item and depress= to give an action button live pressed-state feedback without changing...

Open a temporary Blender editor with PME popup_area

Use PME's Popup Area command when you need a temporary second editor window rather than a Popup Dial...

Put Blender's header menus inside a PME pie

Open the familiar menus from the active Blender editor—or another editor—directly from a Pie Menu Ed...

Resize a Blender area from PME

Move one edge of the active or a named Blender area by a fixed pixel distance with PME's area-move o...

Show a Blender custom property in a PME layout

Draw an existing Object, Bone, or Scene custom property directly when PME's normal property picker c...

Show object dimensions in a PME layout

Add Blender's editable X, Y, and Z object dimensions to a Pie Menu or Popup Dialog with a guarded Cu...

Show Brief Feedback After a PME Action with overlay()

Show a short message after a PME action, place it deliberately, and avoid treating a temporary overl...

Draw Blender Panels in PME with panel()

How PME draws Blender panels with the correct editor context, frame, header, and initial expansion s...

A 42-Button Popup Dialog in an Empty Window

Historical · current compatibility unverified

A historical note from emboo2: an empty Blender window holding a Popup Dialog with the Physics prope...

A Modifier Preset Shelf Inside Blender's Properties

Historical · current compatibility unverified

A historical PME conversation that turns frequently used modifier recipes into a compact shelf besid...

The Properties Editor, Summoned Under the Pointer

Historical · current compatibility unverified

A historical PME experiment that traded a permanently docked Properties editor for a context-aware p...

Sculpt from One Pen-Display Button

Historical · current compatibility unverified

A historical PME setup that layers a Pie and a secondary control panel on one express key so sculpti...

Put PME Controls Beside the Blender UI They Change

Historical · current compatibility unverified

A historical PME workspace places side-area toggles, Outliner actions, and viewport-display controls...

From Shortcuts to Workflow Tools: Eight PME Design Patterns

Follow eight real support conversations from menu composition and temporary tools to remembered choi...