How do I permanently change the order of the side panels in the Open File window?

Tolkfan · August 16, 2023, 7:48am

These panels:

Whatever I try, they always reset to this not very useful order.

Okidoki · August 16, 2023, 7:51am

Short answer:
You can’t.

Edit: You can select which to display in Blender Preferences Save & Load → File Browser… that’s all AFAIK

goorman · August 16, 2023, 7:51am

Hi,

You can try either Save Startup file or save your Preferences.

To save your startup file, follow this:

To save your preferences go to Edit → Preferences, check the left bottom hamburger menu and click Save Preferences in there:

goorman · August 16, 2023, 7:54am

UPD:

I think this one answer in there would help you:
https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/70102/save-window-layout-instead-of-startup-file

Tolkfan · August 16, 2023, 9:04am

That’s good enough for me! At least it gets rid of the useless “System” panel. Thanks!

@goorman I’ve tried that. It works on the File Browser editor within Blender, but not the File > Open... window. That’s what I had a problem with.

colkai · August 16, 2023, 9:20am

Yeah, I’ve often wished I could orgainse these so recents was at the top then favourites. Very frustrating and time consuming. You can’t even save them in a minimised state so there’s less scrolling.