# Behind the curtains

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/behind-the-curtains/42364>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [October 20, 2026, 9:08am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/behind-the-curtains/42364 "2026-10-20T09:08:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BKE](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/bke/32/37531_2.png) [@BKE](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/BKE)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 9:08am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/behind-the-curtains/42364/1 "2026-10-20T09:08:54Z")

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Could we, please, have an option to set left and right columns initially closed in a published project!  
(It would spare me, at least in 1/3 of what I publish, to go to Light Tracer…)

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**Author:** ![Tibi\_Shapr3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tibi_shapr3d/32/597_2.png) [@Tibi\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Tibi_Shapr3D)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/behind-the-curtains/42364/2 "2026-10-20T15:39:01Z")

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Can u help me understand your issue a bit better pls? What exactly do you mean?

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**Author:** ![Xdrakosha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/xdrakosha/32/24881_2.png) [@Xdrakosha](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Xdrakosha)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/behind-the-curtains/42364/3 "2026-10-20T15:55:30Z")

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> [@Tibi\_Shapr3D](#):
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> your issue

I’m not sure if @BKE is experiencing the same issue, but personally, I find it really annoying that the Items panel keeps hiding automatically whenever I open a project. I prefer to have both panels visible at all times.

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**Author:** ![BKE](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/bke/32/37531_2.png) [@BKE](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/BKE)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/behind-the-curtains/42364/4 "2026-10-20T18:09:41Z")

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Narrow (bad).

 ![narrow_261020](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/b/5/b563795453ee1034b5465897299adaf483364197.jpeg)

Wide (really bad). A novice user has to figure out that each small cryptic icon demands a clic to close panels (twice)… (every time…)

 ![wide_261020](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/a/5/a5574011c50f9b77dbcba6b03aec15efb4e915db.jpeg)

Let this be the initial view!

 ![wanted_261020_02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/1/a/1a59c5db172656e2196eb174d40026f1726324c8.jpeg)