Interface

Interface configuration lets you change how UI elements are displayed and how they react.

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Display

Resolution Scale
Adjusts the size of fonts and buttons relative to the automatically detected DPI. During typical usage, you may prefer to use zoom which is available in many parts of Blender interface.
Line Width

Scale of lines and points in the interface e.g. button outlines, edges and vertex points in the 3D View.

Thin, Auto, Thick

Splash Screen
Display the Splash Screen when starting Blender.
Tooltips
When enabled, a tooltip will appear when your mouse pointer is over a control. This tip explains the function of what is under the pointer, gives the associated hotkey (if any).
Python Tooltips
Displays a property’s Python information below the tooltip.
Developer Extras

Show settings and menu items which are intended to help developers, this includes:

Button Context Menu
Online Python Reference
To open the Python reference manual.
Copy Python Command
To copy the expression used when pressing the button.
Edit Source
To edit Python source code that defines the button.
Edit Translation
The option to edit-translations (Only when the Manage UI translations add-on is also enabled).
3D View
Show Indices
The option to show mesh vertex/edge/face indices in the overlay popover.
Large Cursors
Use large mouse cursors when available.

Editors

Region Overlap
This makes regions overlap the viewport. It means that the Toolbar and Sidebar regions, will be displayed overlapping the 3D Viewport.
Corner Splitting

Split & join by dragging from the corners.

When disabled, you can use the context menu for area separators to perform these operations.

Navigation Controls

Show navigation controls at top right of the window.

This impacts the 3D Viewport as well as image spaces.

Note

If you’re familiar with navigation key shortcuts, this can be disabled.

Color Picker Type

Choose which type of color space you prefer. It will show when clicking LMB on any color field.

See the different color picker types at the Color picker page.

Header Position

The default header position.

Using default uses top for most window types and the positions saved in the file. Otherwise you can choose to force top/bottom header alignment.

Factor Display Type

How factor value types are displayed in the user interface.

Factor
Values are displayed as float numbers between 0.0 and 1.0.
Percentage
Values are expressed as a percentage between 0 and 100.

Translation

Blender supports a wide range of languages, enabling this checkbox will enable Blender to support International Fonts. International fonts can be loaded for the User Interface and used instead of the font bundled with Blender by default.

This will also enable options for translating the User Interface through a list of languages and tips for Blender tools which appear whenever the mouse pointer hovers over a tool button.

Blender supports I18N for internationalization. For more Information on how to load International fonts, see: Editing Texts page.

Text Rendering

Anti-aliasing
Enable interface text anti-aliasing. When disabled, texts are rendered using straight text rendering (filling only absolute pixels).
Hinting
Adjust font hinting, controls the spacing and crispness of text display.
Interface Font
Replacement for the default user interface font.
Mono-space Font
Replacement for the default mono-space interface font (used in the Text editor and Python Console).