Version: Unity 6.5 (6000.5)
Language : English
Position an overlay
Create and manage overlay presets

Change the layout of an overlay

You can change the layout of each overlay to make it take up more or less space in the Scene view.

Dock an overlay

You can also dock overlays to the side of the Scene view in the following ways.

You can set an overlay to display in one of the following layouts:

  • Panel: Displays all the overlay’s content and its label. This mode only works with overlays that aren’t docked to the horizontal or vertical Scene view toolbar.
  • Horizontal: Displays the overlay’s content in a horizontal container. An overlay set to the Horizontal layout doesn’t display its label.
  • Vertical: Displays the overlay’s content in a vertical container. An overlay set to the Vertical layout doesn’t display its label.

In each layout, you can collapse or expand the overlay. A collapsed overlay displays only its icon and a downward facing arrow. Select the arrow to display the content of the overlay. If the overlay has no icon, the icon of the collapsed container is the first two letters of the overlay’s label. To change an overlay to collapsed or expanded, follow the same steps as for changing the layout.

Overlays that aren’t toolbars, such as the Orientation overlay, can’t use the Horizontal or Vertical layouts.

To save an overlay configuration, refer to Create and manage overlay presets.

To change the layout of an overlay:

  1. Right-click the handle (=) of an overlay.
  2. Select a layout:
    • You can select any layout for overlays that aren’t docked in the horizontal or vertical Scene view toolbar.
    • If the overlay is docked in the horizontal or vertical Scene view toolbar, you can only expand or collapse the overlay.

Expand an overlay

To expand a collapsed overlay, right-click the handle (=) of a collapsed overlay and select Expand.

Additional resources

Position an overlay
Create and manage overlay presets