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 From:  Satoribomb
765.1 
Hi Michael,

Been playing with the new beta and am quite happy with the continued stability your betas have. I've checked the forums but have been unable to find if it is possible to change the location of the tools panels and info bar from right to left and bottom to top, respectively.

Is this possible or planned? As a lefty such tweakability would make my life easier since my arm wouldn't be blocking the view on my tablet whenever I change tools ;-)

Thanks again.
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 From:  Michael Gibson
765.2 In reply to 765.1 
Hi Satoribomb, eventually I would like to make the UI more easily configurable, like have some method to drag parts around to dock them in different areas. But it's going to be a pretty long time before I'll be able to work on that though, it is a pretty complex area.

However, it is possible to set up what you're asking for by editing the UI definition files. All the content that makes up MoI's UI is contained in various files under the \ui subfolder inside MoI's main program folder inside of \Program Files.

You can edit these files inside of a text editor like notepad to change the UI.

For changing the main tool panels location, you'll want to open the file named MainWindowLayout.xml

There's a line that reads: <LayoutPanel dock="right"> - if you change this to say dock="left", then the side pane will be on the left-hand side instead. Note that this will also place the window minimize and close button over there as well, since they are a part of the side pane in MoI.

There's another one below that that says <LayoutPanel dock="bottom"> - this controls the command bar with File / Undo, etc on it, if you change that to say dock="top", then the command bar will show up at the top instead.

- Michael
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 From:  Satoribomb
765.3 
Michael - that's more than I could have hoped for! I have no trouble tweaking config files. I was worried that the layout was buried in a deeper layer of code, beyond my ken.

Thanks mate - you _and_ MoI Rock!
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 From:  Michael Gibson
765.4 In reply to 765.3 
Thanks Satoribomb! The only complication is that every time you get a new release, you will have to go in and make this same edit. So you may want to save off those instructions somewhere for later reference.

- Michael
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 From:  Satoribomb
765.5 
Already done, mate. I figured that would be a consequence. BTW - the new layout works perfectly for me. Thanks again!
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