Solution to the sidebar panel design

[eobet]

Since everyone seems to post their suggestions again in this thread on apparently the odd chance that a developer will actually look at it now, guess I’ll hop on the train:

1. First off is the low visibility. No beginner knows how to press N:

Blender UI paper cuts

You want this: Also, that plugin should be included with 2.8 by default. It’s literally what made me able to switch to using 2.8 full time instead of having to keep 2.79 around (where I used a different plugin for the same effect). And speaking of plugins in 2.8, why do they seem like 3rd class citizens now? They used to have a nice place amongst the tools panel, but now they’re almost invisible by default: [GIF]

2. Second, why have this cramped menu at all? Why not just make a new proper panel out of it?

Blender user interface design

In my crusade to make the N-panel more visible, how about this proposal, which would exist in addition to the existing N-panel: [Blender-layout-test1] So this is an entirely new “editor type” panel which can be placed anywhere, but with the properties panel’s layout. I put the tools tab on top of it, and perhaps this panel will give users less reason to constantly have to switch away from it (especially new users with no add-ons installed yet). The view tab is unchanged from the way it a…

3. I mean, some tabs don’t have a lot of unique stuff in it anyway…

Blender UI paper cuts

[PNG] This menu feels gutted in 2.8 as it is (plus, no way to discover unless you know the shortcut, right?). Why not just move it into the new tool & workspace settings tab?