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Open/Close Panes Updated: July 19, 2018

Blender 2.79b Hotkey: A-KEY LMB-CLICKING CTRL + LMB-CLICKING Blender’s panels are organized into panes whose headers have a little triangle (twisty) to the right. When the pane is collapsed the triangle points towards the left. When the pane is expanded the triangle points down.

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• LMB-CLICKING or pressing the A-KEY while hovering the mouse cursor over a pane’s header will expand or collapse the pane. • LMB-CLIKCKING (i.e., on the header of the top pane when closed) and DRAGGING down expand all collapsed panes the mouse cursor passes over. • LMB-CLIKCKING (i.e., on the header of the top pane when open) and DRAGGING down collapse all expanded panes the mouse cursor passes over. • CTRL + LMB-CLICKING on a collapse pane’s header will expand that pane while collapsing all other expanded panes. • CTRL + LMB-CLICKING on an expanded pane’s header will keep that pane expanded while collapsing all other expanded panes.

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Collapse Panes.mp4 Using these shortcuts is a good way to keep your panels organized. References Blender Reference Manual, Tabs & Panels https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/interface/window_system/tabs_panels.html