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Corey_Stone1
Corey_Stone1
Aug 14, 2023 7:56 PM UTC
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Option to never see "Show more properties" button

Lately I’ll be looking in my right bar to change a property, and I keep scanning and can’t find it. Then I realize it’s hidden under a “Show more properties” button – aaargh!

I’m guessing maybe you’ve done this to avoid the UI feeling overwhelming, but for intermediate and advanced users, it’s frustrating to have: 1) an extra click, and 2) an unpredictable/changing UI. (Not sure it’s actually beneficial for beginner users either.) So maybe there could be a setting to never show that? Or you use AI to detect if a user is novice? Or just kill the button for everyone? 👺

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    tank666
    tank666Solution
    Aug 14, 2023 8:04 PM UTC

    Your component has the “Simplify all instances” option enabled. Turn it off.

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    tank666
    tank666Solution
    Aug 14, 2023 8:04 PM UTC

    Your component has the “Simplify all instances” option enabled. Turn it off.

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      Corey_Stone1
      Corey_Stone1Author
      Aug 14, 2023 8:37 PM UTC

      Okay now I feel stupid 😅 but thank you, tank666!

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      Aug 17, 2023 8:38 PM UTC

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      Jonathan_Lahue
      Jonathan_Lahue
      Oct 23, 2024 3:45 PM UTC

      This has been mentioned in Option to never see "Show more properties" button , but it was closed, but I think its still relevant.

      In my case I’m seeing the "show more properties regardless of whether a component has “simplify all instances” enabled.

      Basically every time I select a text layer and I havent in a while, UI3 assumes that I don’t want to edit the actual text properties. Once I expand the properties once, it keeps that setting in memory for a few minutes, and then forgets that I use text styles.

      I’d like to always want to show these properties.

        Vero5
        Vero5
        New Participant
        Feb 14, 2025 8:25 PM UTC

        I’m in this camp as well. I get that “simplify all instances” is useful at times, and when selecting the instance at the highest level, but if I’m clicking directly into a text layer, wouldn’t it follow that I’d like to do something with said text?

          Sergemavro
          Sergemavro
          New Member
          May 16, 2025 3:40 AM UTC

          Lately I’ll be looking in my right bar to change a property, and I keep scanning and can’t find it. Then I realize it’s hidden under a “Show more properties” button – aaargh!

          I’m guessing maybe you’ve done this to avoid the UI feeling overwhelming, but for intermediate and advanced users, it’s frustrating to have: 1) an extra click, and 2) an unpredictable/changing UI. (Not sure it’s actually beneficial for beginner users either.) So maybe there could be a setting to never show that? Or you use AI to detect if a user is novice? Or just kill the button for everyone? 👺

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          I agree, usability problem. Could we get rid of the 'Show more properties' button and show properties always open, please? It's very annoying to have to click it open every time. Or provide user preferences.

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