# UI Redesign - window system

**URL:** https://forums.synfig.org/t/ui-redesign-window-system/1955
**Category:** Feature discussions
**Created:** [April 12, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/ui-redesign-window-system/1955 "2012-04-12T14:12:21Z")
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### Author: ![jcome](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/jcome/32/3512_2.png) [@jcome](https://forums.synfig.org/u/jcome)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/ui-redesign-window-system/1955/1 "2012-04-12T14:12:21Z")

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- All panels currently we have will become sub-windows,  
– they can be embedded or tron off by user.  
– all sub-windows get its own toolbar(local toolbar) and title bar. the title bar is not a standard window tile bar, it will have different contents or widgets which are window type relatived.  
– a sub-window can be change from current window type to an other synfig window type via [Widnow Type Button]  
– I have some ideas here, but would keep it as a secret till I draw them out 🙂
- And the toolbox are replaced by a global toolbar.  
– the tools will be re-organized in a good way. some of them will be removed from tooltar, and new ones will be added.  
– I have some nice ideas here for global toolbar design together with windows local toolbar in my mind for some time, just keep it till I draw them out 🙂
- The menu in toolbox will be merged into main menu, as a “Syfnig” sub-menu item.  
– menu will be re-organized in a nice way.
- The other windows/panels, save file dialog for example, will be the same as they are now, implemented in standard gtkmm widgets.

Is it too blender-like?

 ![](https://github.com/jcome/synfig_ui/raw/master/plain/ux/windows.png)

 ![](https://github.com/jcome/synfig_ui/raw/master/plain/ux/windows-local-titlebar.png)

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