# Organize your N-Panel with this free addon: SIMPLE TABS **URL:** \ **Category:** Released Add-ons and Extensions\ **Tags:** add-ons, free\ **Created:** [January 3, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638 "2021-01-03T04:50:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/chippwalters/32/41798_2.png) [@chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/u/chippwalters)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/1 "2021-01-03T04:50:13Z")
Hey folks, bonjorno7, masterxeon1001 and I have been working for a couple months trying to find a better way to organize the N-Panel in Blender. We’ve come up with the free SIMPLE TABS addon. It does the following: 1. orders N-panel tabs 2. renames N-panel tabs 3. consolidates N-panel tabs Check out the video: [![](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/e/c/8/ec8b9999a5ceedf81457fd54baa92bd170687aac.jpeg "Free FIX for your N-Panel Headaches") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3SyW0YgRs) Get your copy at Gumroad: > **[SIMPLE TABS](https://chippwalters.gumroad.com/l/simpletabs)** > > 1.2.5 Updated to work with Blender 5.0 1.2.2 Update (9/2022) SIMPLE TABS no longer forgets tabs; instead you can remove them manually if need be. The "Item"... or Blender Market ($1): > **[Simple Tabs](https://superhivemarket.com/products/simple-tabs)** > > Finally organize your N-Panel with the SIMPLE TABS addon! ---
**Author:** ![Dheim](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@Dheim](https://blenderartists.org/u/Dheim)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/2 "2021-01-03T05:02:07Z")
Thanks Chip, bonjorno, and MX! I downloaded 1.1.2 and am giving it a test run now. What’s the method for completely removing the name of a tab so that it hides the tab? I tried highlighting it all and hitting Delete but as soon as I confirmed it with “Enter” the name reset to default. Figured maybe I was doing it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/chippwalters/32/41798_2.png) [@chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/u/chippwalters)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/3 "2021-01-03T05:05:22Z")
You’ll need to create a MISC category (or some other name) and put all the tabs you want in that one. ---
**Author:** ![Dheim](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@Dheim](https://blenderartists.org/u/Dheim)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/4 "2021-01-03T05:07:25Z")
Ah ok, thanks! I was getting my info from this tooltip. ![image](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/d/2/d/d2d8a0a0a04053c4262bb947c2799d8c9bc21ee1.png) ---
**Author:** ![chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/chippwalters/32/41798_2.png) [@chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/u/chippwalters)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/5 "2021-01-03T05:35:29Z")
Thanks for sharing. Well get that fixed! ---
**Author:** ![dan2](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/dan2/32/1018566_2.png) [@dan2](https://blenderartists.org/u/dan2)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 5:47am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/6 "2021-01-03T05:47:18Z")
Damn, this is about all I need to solve my N-Panel mess 🙂 Thanks heaps! Any chance of getting some built in or custom icon support? Might be a blender thing, but it would be really useful. Anyhow, this is already a huge step, I’ve been renaming addons manually and it was a huge pain to do it for every revision. ---
**Author:** ![anon55679826](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@anon55679826](https://blenderartists.org/u/anon55679826)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/7 "2021-01-03T06:25:06Z")
I agree with Dan. I was just recently voicing concern about add-ons getting split up and making the N panel more of a mess, and then you totally go a redeem yourself. 🤣😁 This is actually a pretty big QOL add-on, and if I remember correctly people have been wanting this natively, for a bit. And the consolation option is great. Thanks for you and the team for producing this. 🤘🏻 ---
**Author:** ![chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/chippwalters/32/41798_2.png) [@chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/u/chippwalters)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/8 "2021-01-03T07:03:42Z")
Yes, icon support would be great. Unfortunately Blender doesn’t allow it nor support it. ---
**Author:** ![Saku](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Saku](https://blenderartists.org/u/Saku)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/9 "2021-01-03T07:08:26Z")
Great, I’ve been thinking of this feature as well and will get this addon for sure. N-Panel has been one of my dislikes until now. 😃 Maybe I shouldn’t right away make a suggestion, as didn’t downoad this yet and sometimes it’s best to keep it simple. But I’ve been thinking if it would be possible to have 2 or more N-Panel tabs open same time one below another? If user would always like to keep one addon or items tab open for easy access this would help to lessen the switching between tabs in N-Panel. Just to keep preferred tabs open with simple “lock” icon or similar. ---
**Author:** ![dan2](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/dan2/32/1018566_2.png) [@dan2](https://blenderartists.org/u/dan2)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/10 "2021-01-03T07:35:07Z")
Was being greedy, made a [rightclickselect proposal](https://blender.community/c/rightclickselect/dzdbbc/) a while back. 🙂 Quick rename and sorting is a HUGE quality of life improvement! ---
**Author:** ![Toudou](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/toudou/32/1950_2.png) [@Toudou](https://blenderartists.org/u/Toudou)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/11 "2021-01-03T07:35:09Z")
Thank you ! This is useful! ---
**Author:** ![chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/chippwalters/32/41798_2.png) [@chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/u/chippwalters)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/12 "2021-01-03T07:44:53Z")
You can consolidate multiple tabs into a single tab, which works pretty much as you described ---
**Author:** ![Saku](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Saku](https://blenderartists.org/u/Saku)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/13 "2021-01-03T08:38:36Z")
Got the addon now and your already designed method works well, thanks. And I just now accidentally found out that N-Menu panels can be pinned by right clicking the panel and check **Pin**. Maybe I never really looked into this, but just thought it’s not possible. 🙂 Better not to assume things and I mention this here if useful for someone else as well. ---
**Author:** ![Juso3D](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/juso3d/32/718353_2.png) [@Juso3D](https://blenderartists.org/u/Juso3D)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/14 "2021-01-03T11:33:07Z")
Awesome addon!!!, works great though Zen UV addon doesn’t seem to like it? ![Screenshot 2021-01-03 223136](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/b/4/b/b4b8b0c1c86b1c074fcf89637462f01c174069c6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![APEC](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/apec/32/640008_2.png) [@APEC](https://blenderartists.org/u/APEC)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/15 "2021-01-03T14:49:54Z")
Hello! Nice to see some love to N panel. It’s me or after reload blender all changes to names resets and you need to open addon icon and hit checkbox (Update) again? ---
**Author:** ![chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/chippwalters/32/41798_2.png) [@chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/u/chippwalters)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/16 "2021-01-03T17:33:38Z")
Some send use a non standard way of placing their tabs. You might want to contact the dev. We had this same problem with Boxcutter, and thankfully we have the right access to those devs so we could fix 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/chippwalters/32/41798_2.png) [@chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/u/chippwalters)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/17 "2021-01-03T17:34:21Z")
No that shouldn’t happen. I’ve notified bon about it. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/lamia/32/717065_2.png) [@Lamia](https://blenderartists.org/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/18 "2021-01-03T18:35:41Z")
Having some issues, Item is not showing up, have a random tab called Misc and boxcutter and machin3 are not respecting position and tool is always first no matter where it is allocated to be. ![](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/3/d/b/3db01e7def8482633b7ebc1cbdbcdc52a2aead6b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Motiomancer](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/motiomancer/32/874844_2.png) [@Motiomancer](https://blenderartists.org/u/Motiomancer)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/19 "2021-01-03T21:20:06Z")
Being able to edit the N panel is incredible useful and I was wondering if targeting other areas that are not VIEW\_3D is on the development plans? I crudely added a target space to edit the tabs in different areas to see how it behaves and while its clunky since you have to press update multiple times to get the list, it kinda works. ---
**Author:** ![chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/chippwalters/32/41798_2.png) [@chippwalters](https://blenderartists.org/u/chippwalters)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638/20 "2021-01-03T22:50:23Z")
Yes, we’re getting some feedback on several of the more exotic add-ons and their incompatbility with SIMPLE TABS. So, we’re going to update quickly with an exclusion list in PREFS where you can type in the name of the add-on and it will be excluded from simple tabs but will still show up at the top of your in panel. [Next page](https://blenderartists.org/t/organize-your-n-panel-with-this-free-addon-simple-tabs/1275638.md?page=2)