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Antti1999
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When using Toggle Stowbars, it hides everything by default. Is there a way to keep everything hidden, except for 'Display Options', 'tools' and 'operation controls'?

If anyone knows a Python trick or another method to achieve this, I'd appreciate your help!
Edited by Antti1999 - Sept. 4, 2024 07:27:01
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Honza Topinka
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Hey. Try playing around with this

import hou

b = hou.ui.hideAllMinimizedStowbars()
b = not b

for p in hou.ui.panes():
    p.setShowPaneTabs(1)
for p in hou.ui.paneTabs():
    if p.type()!=hou.paneTabType.NetworkEditor:
        p.setShowNetworkControls(0)

    if p.type()==hou.paneTabType.NetworkEditor:
        p.setPref('showmenu',['0','1'][1])
        p.setShowNetworkControls(0)
    elif p.type()==hou.paneTabType.SceneViewer:
        p.setShowNetworkControls(1)
        p.showDisplayOptionsBar(1)
        p.showOperationBar(1)
        p.showSelectionBar(1)
        if p.includeColorCorrectionBar():
            p.showColorCorrectionBar(not b)
        if p.includeMemoryBar():
            p.showMemoryBar(not b)
hou.ui.curDesktop().shelfDock().show(1)
hou.setPreference('showmenu.val',['0','1'][1])
hou.ui.setHideAllMinimizedStowbars(b)
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Wow, thanks a lot man!
Now my UI is squeaky clean
lovely!

is it possible to hide 'topmenu' too?



I'm trying to launch it as a python startup script. uiready.py

Okay, I managed to hide the 'topmenu'.

If anyone wants a minimal UI setup at startup, you can do the following:
Create a uiready.py file in C:\Users\user\Documents\houdini20.5\scripts\python\uiready.py, and paste the following code into it.

I've also assigned F11 as a shortcut to toggle the visibility of the shelf dock.





import hou

b = hou.ui.hideAllMinimizedStowbars()
b = not b

for p in hou.ui.panes():
    p.setShowPaneTabs(1)
for p in hou.ui.paneTabs():
    if p.type()!=hou.paneTabType.NetworkEditor:
        p.setShowNetworkControls(1)
        
    if p.type()==hou.paneTabType.NetworkEditor:
        p.setPref('showmenu',['0','1'][0])
        p.setShowNetworkControls(0)
    elif p.type()==hou.paneTabType.SceneViewer:
        p.setShowNetworkControls(1)
        p.showDisplayOptionsBar(1)
        p.showOperationBar(1)
        p.showSelectionBar(1)
        if p.includeColorCorrectionBar():
            p.showColorCorrectionBar(not b)
        if p.includeMemoryBar():
            p.showMemoryBar(not b)
hou.ui.curDesktop().shelfDock().show(1)
hou.setPreference('showmenu.val',['0','1'][1])
hou.ui.setHideAllMinimizedStowbars(b)
Edited by Antti1999 - Sept. 5, 2024 12:53:04
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You can also hide the pane tabs to save even more space. You can navigate between them using Ctrl+PageUp/PageDown.
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