[MAYA 2018] Get Back UV Editor Tools Menu

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  onionhead_o polycounter lvl 17

  Feb 2018

  A way to remedy the situation is to add frequently used buttons to the UV shelf.
  
  In the Uv editor go to View>Custom shelf. Ctrl + shift click to add buttons from the menu
  
  
  

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  supremedalek925 polycounter lvl 11

  Sep 20 2025

  StormyBA said:

  Does anyone know how to get back the UV Editor Tools Menu for the UV editor that used to be full of very useful tools for organizing and unwrapping UV's. 
  
  A bunch of the tools have now moved into the new UV tool kit menus but they are stacked and involved a lot of clicking and scrolling to get to. 
  
  Other tools, such as align selected UV's to Max U / V are not there at all. 
  
  My work flow has gone to shit, would be great if anyone knows how to get it back. 

  I know this thread is ancient but in case you ever figured it out, do you have a solution? I’m tearing my hair out with the same problem

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  pixelb greentooth

  Sep 23 2025

  My workaround has been to open the UV editor via a shelf button that adds a custom panel next to the UV toolkit. When I want to add something I look up the MEL command for it and add an entry to the list.
   

  if (`workspaceControl -exists PixelBUV`)
  		deleteUI PixelBUV;
  		
  
  TextureViewWindow;
  
  global proc createCustomWorkspaceControlUI()
  {
  columnLayout;
  shelfButton -annotation "select backfacing UV"
      -image1 "selectBackFacingUV.png" -command "selectUVFaceOrientationComponents {} 0 2 1;";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "select overlapping UV"
      -image1 "selectOverlappingUV.png" -command "selectUVOverlappingComponents 1 0;";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "select unmapped UV"
      -image1 "selectUnmapedFace.png" -command "selectUnmappedFaces;";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "set texel density"
      -image1 "textureEditorCheckered.png" -command "texSetTexelDensity 32 512;";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "rotateUVs CW"
      -image1 "rotateUVcw.png" -command "polyRotateUVs 90 1";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "rotateUVs CCW"
      -image1 "rotateUVccw.png" -command "polyRotateUVs -90 1";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "Layout"
      -image1 "polyLayoutUV.png" -command "u3dLayout -res 256 -scl 1 -box 0 1 0 1 ";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "Flip U"
      -image1 "flipU.png" -command "polyFlipUV -flipType 0 -local on -usePivot false -ws off ";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "Flip V"
      -image1 "flipV.png" -command "polyFlipUV -flipType 1 -local on -usePivot false -ws off  ";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "unfold along U"
      -image1 "polyUnfoldUV.png"	-imageOverlayLabel "U" -command "$sel = `ls -sl`; $sel = `polyListComponentConversion -tuv`; unfold -i 5000 -ss 0.001 -gb 0 -gmb 0.5 -pub 0 -ps 0 -oa 1 -us off $sel";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "unfold along V"
      -image1 "polyUnfoldUV.png" 	-imageOverlayLabel "V" -command "$sel = `ls -sl`; $sel = `polyListComponentConversion -tuv`; unfold -i 5000 -ss 0.001 -gb 0 -gmb 0.5 -pub 0 -ps 0 -oa 2 -us off $sel";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "unfold"
      -image1 "polyUnfoldUV.png" 	-imageOverlayLabel "both" -command "u3dUnfold -ite 1 -p 0 -bi 1 -tf 1 -ms 1024 -rs 0;";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "planar mapping"
      -image1 "polyPlanProj.png" 	-command "polyProjection -ch 1 -type Planar -ibd on -kir  -md x";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "UV Display Toggle"
      -image1 "menuIconDisplay.png" 	-command "string $texWinName[] = `getPanel -sty polyTexturePlacementPanel`; if (`textureWindow -q -dsm $texWinName[0]` == false){DisplayUVShaded;textureWindow -e -dsm true -scs true $texWinName[0];}else if (`textureWindow -q -scs $texWinName[0]`)textureWindow -e -scs false -sps true $texWinName[0]; else if (`textureWindow -q -sps $texWinName[0]`)textureWindow -e -sps false -ddt true $texWinName[0];else if (`textureWindow -q -ddt $texWinName[0]`){textureWindow -e -ddt false -dsm false $texWinName[0];DisplayUVWireframe;}";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "align left"
      -image1 "UVAlignLeft.png" -command "alignUV minU";
  shelfButton -annotation "align right"
      -image1 "UVAlignRight.png" -command "alignUV maxU";
  shelfButton -annotation "align bottom"
      -image1 "UVAlignBottom.png" -command "alignUV minV";
  shelfButton -annotation "align top"
      -image1 "UVAlignTop.png" -command "alignUV maxV";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "UV straighten"
      -image1 "polyStraightenUV.png" -command "uvTkDoStraightenUVs";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "merge UV"
      -image1 "polyMergeUV.png" -command "alignUV avgU;alignUV avgV;";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "cut UV"
      -image1 "UV_Cut_ToolLarge.png" -command "polyPerformAction polyMapCut e 0;";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "sew UV"
      -image1 "UV_Sew_ToolLarge.png" -command "polyPerformAction polyMapSew e 0;";
  
  shelfButton -annotation "unfold UV"
      -image1 "polyUnfoldUV.png" -command "performUnfold 1;";
  
  
  }
  
  workspaceControl -ui "createCustomWorkspaceControlUI();" -li true PixelBUV ;
  
  if (`window -ex polyTexturePlacementPanel1Window`)
  {
  workspaceControl -e -dockToControl polyTexturePlacementPanel1Window right UVToolkitDockControl;
  workspaceControl -e -dtc polyTexturePlacementPanel1Window right PixelBUV;
  }

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