Autodesk 663B1-05A111-1001 User Guide - Page 412

13 | Basics Windows and Editors Reference > UI Elements preferences Basics 412 Editor in Main Window You can select to show or hide the Editor. The Editor can be one of the Attribute Editor, Tool Settings, or Channel Box/Layer Editor. You can also control this display from the Display > UI Elements menu or the three icons on the far right of the Status Line. Panel Configurations When saving When Save panel layouts with file is turned on, the panel layouts are saved with the scene file. The default is on. (This replaces the former Save File options.) Tip Turn this option off when making objects/sub-scenes to use as referenced files. By default, Maya remembers everything about every editor you've opened, such as location, size, window-specific options, etc., in every scene file (.ma/.mb). This is saved as a attribute on a script node named uiConfigurationScriptNode that displays as MEL code added into a node's string-valued attributes. When opening When turned on, this restores saved layouts from the file. The default is on. (This replaces the former Open File options.) Starting new scenes You can specify a layout for new scenes. Keep current layout Keeps the current layout for new scenes. Use layout specified Below Creates new scenes based on the layout selected from the drop-down menu. Single Perspective View is the default. File Browser Environment variables Controls if the Maya File Browsers expand environment variables in pathnames. Retain Environment variables typed into Maya File Browser pathname textfields are displayed unexpanded. When accepting the selected filename in a Maya File Browser, the unexpanded pathname is passed to the recipient in unexpanded form. For example, if the file browser were invoked on a file texture node and a pathname such as