Modify the default Unity Layout for better Efficiency
More Productive Editor Layout in Unity
The Unity Default Layout isn’t the best
When you first install Unity and open your first project, you are presented with Unity’s default layout.
There are different pannels with the Heirarchy pannel on the left, The Scene pannel in the center (along with Game and Asset Store pannels hidden in tabs), the Inspector pannel on the right and the Project (Console) pannel on the bottom.
Lets say it. This is not the most efficient layout for working in Unity. I am going to show you how to modify this layout as to make working in Unity more efficient and more pleasureable.
To make things simpler, lets change the layout for another Unity layout. This is the TALL layout which is very similar to what we are looking for.
Everything from the default layout is still there, it has just been moved to a different part of the scree. Now, lets modify this layout to suit our needs.
The Project window which is now on the bottom right with two columns. It is showing a list of folders on the left column and the contents of the folder in the right hand column.
Lets change this so that it shows all in only one column. To do this, got to the three vertical dots on the top right of the Projects panel, select it and choose one column layout.
In this view, we can see the contents of each folder by selecting the little grey triangle to the left of the folder’s name.
Splitting the Scene and Game Windows
If you notice, the large window on the left, the Scene window, has a tab next to the Scene tab called Game.
The Scene tab is where we do all the work and the Game tab is the camera view of our work or what our work looks like.
Instead of having to switch from one tab to the other, we can separate them and see our results in real time.
To do this, left click and hold on the Game tab. Now drag it down to the bottom, below the Scene tab. It will “stick” when in the right position.
Now lets resize it to make it more practical.
Now our custom layout is ready. The next step is to save this layout so if we were to change it at some point and would like to revert back to it, we can do so with one click.
Now, if we need to revert back to this layout, we just select it from the menu.
Now that we have Unity set up like we want, lets start learning the fun stuff.
