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Questions pertaining to Blender's user interface, such as theming, scripting and operating the interface.

Read more about the user interface in the Blender Manual.

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How to close view windows?

I would like to close some view windows that I opened accidentally. See the image below: Edit: another note: I tried searching for the solution, but only found things like "Join Area", which don't seem to work in this situation.
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How to close windows in 2.8?

How do you close windows/tabs in 2.8? I've tried a lot of stuff, but always end up opening up more.
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How to change the amount of zoom from the scroll wheel while viewing through the camera?

One click of the scroll wheel zooms too much IMO. Is there a way I can get more precision zooming?
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What does the "make screencast" button do?

In the info view header, under Window there is an option to "Make Screencast". It's tooltip says Capture a video of the active area or whole Blender window. When I click it a circle appears over my mouse and an option to stop the capture appears…
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What is the difference between the two properties panels?

In the Blender UI, what is the difference between the Properties region (the thing that can be opened with N) and the Properties editor (the thing at the very right)? What do they apply to (e.g. current selection/viewport/globally) and what kind of…
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What are the shortcuts for the pie menus?

The shortcuts for the pie menus aren't shown in any tooltip, so I can never remember them. What are they?
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Blender efficient dual monitor setup

I use dual monitor setup with diffrent screen layouts. So I have a "Default_l" screen layout and a "Default_r" screen layout. Is there a way to automate the change of the screen layout: When I change one screen layout for example from "Default_l" to…
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How do I re-hide the bar with "View, Tool, Item"?

I clicked the arrow that popped this out, so now how do I put it back?
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Move the tool shelf panel to the other side?

I somehow managed to flip the T Tool Shelf panel from the left side of the 3D viewport to the right side so it sits next to the N Properties panel. How did I manage to do this and how do I move it back?
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split screens in 2.8

Sorry for being so simple but i'm finding it really difficult to work out how to split screens and then rejoin them. so i grab the corner of a screen and drag it creates a new screen then i grab the corner again and sometimes it creates a new one…
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Operator Properties Panel at Bottom of Tool Shelf Grayed Out

I have lost functionality in the Operator Properties Panel at the bottom tool shelf. When I click on a selector or something in the bottom part of the tool self that you can hide and unhide, nothing happens. I can see the options but when I click it…
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2.8 Why are collections grayed out? How can I open them?

I've bought Cup models from Internet. When opening .blend file I get Blender's Interface changed. To avoid this I've unchecked "Load UI" on opening the file. But now I cannot see the objects of the project (I can see and render them when opening…
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How to pan the view?

How to pan the view in Blender? Suppose neither Shift or ShiftAltLMB do not work. What is the reason for this?
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How to modifiy interface font size?

Absolutely new of Blender, I do have great difficulties to follow tutorials, because the size font appear on my screen 3840x2160 too much small, and I (myope) have to unwear glasses and approach the screen to read. How I can change the font size of…
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Find commands by name

I started using Blender and I am wondering if you can search for the commands by name, similar to what code editors like Atom are offering. I couldn't find such an option yet.
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