grouping / organizing custom panels

[Peter Wassink]

A modest request.

i have quite a large collection of custompanels.
it would be nice if we could organize them by having folders so i can group them in categories.
Much like the "windows" pull down looks now.
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[Svengali]

+1 Similar folder system might be useful for organizing custom FX Stack files as well.

[Thierry]

Very good idea.

I want to do a rework of how Custom Panel work and make them easier to manage at some point during v12's life cycle, I am adding this to the list of things we should do

[slowtiger]

This is part of my ongoing request to make it easier to backup TVP with all settings and be able to export it so another artist could use those settings - not like a complete installation, but project-related. It should be possible to import a subset of custom panels and FX settings without having to create a complete new configuration (and lose my personal prefs in that way) - just add it to my personal work space.

[kelanhordos]

Hey, I just stumbled upon a bit of a workaround to this by accident and I haven't found it anywhere else on the forum.

If you rename your custom panel to whatever category you would like, for example in your screenshot "ArtisticBrushes" add a "/" after so it looks like "ArtisticBrushes/PanelNameHere" (without quotes) and it will add exactly what you have in your screenshot(which I'm assuming was a mock up, if this was already known then please ignore!). You can even add another SUB menu by adding another /, like ArtisticBrushes/MyPanels/PanelNameHere.

I'm not sure of any downsides/bugs from doing this yet, but aside from having to rename your panels if you want to export them without really long names it seems to work.

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[Peter Wassink]

Wow!!!
That is crazy!
Assuming this functionality was there all along ...i consider it an "ok-done" from Hervé from his grave.
How i miss the guy.

Thank you for stumbling on and sharing it!