(Solved) How do I resize custom toolbars (3DS Max 2018)

hannya84

Since graduating, I've been working hard on trying to optimise my setup for the programs I'm using. I've installed some scripts for 3DS Max, and assigned them to a toolbar for quick access, but I can't find any way to resize the toolbar itself, so I can get more clarity on the buttons. The toolbar on the left is what I'm talking about, I can't find any resource that tells me how to extend it so I can see all of the text.

Mark Dygert

Main menu > Customize > Preferences > General tab and under the UI DIsplay section on the right, you can uncheck "Fixed Width Text Buttons" or set it to a higher number of pixels.  Doing that will grow the width of the entire bar and it might be better to drag/dock the custom toolbar to the top or bottom. 

You can also edit the button text to be shorter, I like to take out vowels (right click button > edit button appearance) change Button Text. You can put a longer description in the tool tip if that helps. 

hannya84

Mark Dygert said:

Main menu > Customize > Preferences > General tab and under the UI DIsplay section on the right, you can uncheck "Fixed Width Text Buttons" or set it to a higher number of pixels.  Doing that will grow the width of the entire bar and it might be better to drag/dock the custom toolbar to the top or bottom. 

You can also edit the button text to be shorter, I like to take out vowels (right click button > edit button appearance) change Button Text. You can put a longer description in the tool tip if that helps. 

Thanks a ton!