# Collection Manager Feedback

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/collection-manager-feedback/1186198>\
**Category:** Released Add-ons and Extensions\
**Tags:** add-ons, blender2-80\
**Created:** [October 17, 2019, 7:57am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/collection-manager-feedback/1186198 "2019-10-17T07:57:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Bookyakuno](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bookyakuno/32/33930_2.png) [@Bookyakuno](https://blenderartists.org/u/Bookyakuno)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/collection-manager-feedback/1186198/21 "2019-11-14T09:24:12Z")

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Great add-on 🤩  
I have created an add-on with a similar concept before, but your add-on is better.  
(My add-on could not display the hierarchy)

> [@Misc Menu - Pop-Up Collection & Modifier](https://blenderartists.org/t/misc-menu-pop-up-collection-modifier/1162873):
>
> Display Modifiers and Collections in a pop-up menu [[Blender Addon : Misc\_Menu [Pop-Up Collection, Modifier Menu]] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiwEdaF5XbA) Reduce the effort of accessing the property editor. Download There is no difference in the file depending on the sales site. [gumroad](https://gumroad.com/l/ahrVz)[Blender Market](https://blendermarket.com/products/misc-menu)Simple collection management You can easily operate the collection. Rename Set active collection Move selected objects to collection Select objects in collection Delete collection Selectab…

I made some edits to make your add-on better.

## ver1.3.1 Bookyakuno.ver

 ![2019-11-14_17h28_55](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/1/0/d/10d3ea8f4a109fccdc31200d9c49e978994781c6.png)

### Download

[Collection\_Manager\_ver1-3-1\_bk-ver.zip](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/short-url/qUlzSTIYnpq9i4wtaH9MZrfbbe5.zip) (9.8 KB)

### Changed

- Menu simplification
  - Omitted parts that can be understood by icons such as collection addition and enabled status
  - Reduced space for a UI

- Consolidate operators at the top of the menu
- Move display and object movement to the left
  - Frequently used items are placed on the left so that they can be easily identified as close to the collection name
  - I easy to get familiar with the arrangement like Photoshop layers

- Show number of objects in collection
- When a collection is hidden, the collection is dimmed
  - Current problem: Cannot determine “disable viewport”

```auto
if laycol ["ptr"]. hide_viewport:
    layout.active = False

```

## Task

### Keymap that works in all modes

I want to have access to collection switching in any state.  
Currently, the M key is the main keymap,  
If you try to set the M key in other modes,  
It conflicts with switching to bone layers in Pose mode or mask brushes in sculpt mode.

I need to find an alternative keymap that is easy to push and uniform across all modes, but I have no idea.

### Insert lines to improve visibility

 ![2019-11-14_17h49_36](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/f/3/5/f352106e65986411ac866bace35a1e6a53f22a68.jpeg)  
(The image is a menu of self-made add-ons)

Visibility improves if each collection is separated by a box.  
I tried to implement it, but it didn’t work with UIlist.  
Normally, you can create a grid by putting a line with a box and eliminating the gap between the boxes with col align = True.  
Probably because you have to use col from outside the UIlist.

```auto
col = layout.column(align=True)
box = col.box()
box.scale_y = .6
box.scale_x = .8

```

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