More Productive Editor Layout Inside of Unity

Corey Daniely
2 min readMay 23, 2023

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#Unity #GameDesign #U.I.

The Editor is where all the magic happens. Starting with the scene view this is where most if not all U.I., environments, applications and game objects are built.

You can place literally anything inside of the scene view. Likewise, Everything that is placed in the scene view gets rendered in the game viewin Unity.

One of the most annoying things is constantly having to switch back and forth from scene view to the game view to visualize the changes you make.

To help view your workflow in real time, Unity panels are custom to drag and drop feature. Allowing the option to snap it in a new location inside the editor.

To get a layout that is professional to use and optimizes workflow. Your are going to want to adjust the panels a little. Selecting the tall setting inside the layout drop down provides more space for the scene view. Next step drag and drop the game view below the scene view. Adjust the scene and game views to align with project view. this setup has easy access to detailed information and project materials.

For project files? Selecting One column layout under the project view option. This setting will convert it from a preview mode to a list mode.

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