# Time for a Defold shelf?

**URL:** <https://forum.defold.com/t/time-for-a-defold-shelf/82584>\
**Category:** Feature requests (USE GITHUB)\
**Created:** [March 25, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/time-for-a-defold-shelf/82584 "2026-03-25T11:04:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gianmichele](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/gianmichele/32/24028_2.png) [@gianmichele](https://forum.defold.com/u/gianmichele)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/time-for-a-defold-shelf/82584/1 "2026-03-25T11:04:24Z")

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Hi all,

with the recent addition of images in editor scripts, I was wondering what is the consensus for a tool shelf similar to what 3d softwares like Maya and Houdini have?

This is so that we can have a shelf with buttons to quickly access scripts and custom tools, all in one place.

 ![Screenshot 2026-03-25 at 10.40.53](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/original/3X/2/9/298b959c5725e2766b46dc52d9e18ce20f92d80c.jpeg)

 ![Screenshot 2026-03-25 at 10.41.45](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/original/3X/4/e/4ef02ec3ad864209c3eb9d21ce3f30724622d8c2.jpeg)

And this is a blast from the past from the beginnings of Editor 2.0 🙂

 ![Screenshot 2026-03-25 at 10.40.11](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/original/3X/c/0/c041d986019e2cf1e6a5dc72d8a118e2c0ff353d.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Flo5](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Flo5](https://forum.defold.com/u/Flo5)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/time-for-a-defold-shelf/82584/2 "2026-03-25T11:27:03Z")

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I Like your thinking–just not sure if it’s doable

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**Author:** ![Mathias](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/mathias/32/44015_2.png) [@Mathias](https://forum.defold.com/u/Mathias)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/time-for-a-defold-shelf/82584/3 "2026-03-25T19:07:00Z")

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Yeah we need customisable toolbars and custom commands! movable (un)dockable tool bars!  
Think REAPER DAW tools bars

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**Author:** ![Pawel](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/pawel/32/24623_2.png) [@Pawel](https://forum.defold.com/u/Pawel)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/time-for-a-defold-shelf/82584/4 "2026-03-26T06:33:20Z")

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What I can say is that in the foreseeable future Editor UI will be not only in the modal pop-up, but also docked in one of the panes, most probably the Tools pane on the bottom. This is in the very early stage and we need to design it properly still, but plan is to allow to build more custom tools usable, while using the others 😉