[Maya] Saving Panel Layout for Multiple Monitors

Coding
#1

Hi there,

First, apologies if this is a total noob/duplicate question.

I work in a lot of different files and like to have many panels open across multiple monitors so that I can view all the information I need quickly. What would be great is if I could just save a sweet layout and then crack open files all day without constantly re-adjusting panels all over the place.

I have tried [Maya 2014 (SP4 x64)]:
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[li]Window->Save Current Layout… - Only seems to affect the layout of panels anchored in the main window.
[/li][li]Using windowPref command - File is saved but read has no effect. Should this be doing what I want?
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windowPref -sms test01
windowPref -rms test01

[li]Last resort is set Preferences->UI Elements: Keep current layout/don’t restore from file. Then setup panels every time I boot Maya but that really sucks. :frowning:
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Am I missing something? Surely it must be pretty common to want this workflow right?!? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Ben

#2

Why not just disable the ‘Restore saved layouts from file’ option in the Preferences (Interface->UI ELements->Panel Configuration->When Opening)?
That way Maya ignores any panel layouts saved in file and keep the current layout when opening a file.

#3

Oh never saw this comment… There was a bug which was preventing that option from working at the time.

Long overdue reply but just to update, many Maya multi-monitor bugs have been resolved in releases from the past few years. :grin:

Did a quick test in Maya 2020.3, panel state seems to correctly save or not in files based on the option selected in Preferences->UI Elements->Panel Configurations. Any non-main windows will stay where they are between file opens but the panel selected within them will save/load from the file.