I’m working on customizing the UI of Blender (version 4.2.0) and need to modify the default collapse arrow icon in a custom panel. By default, Blender uses its own collapse arrow. I want to replace this default collapse arrow with a custom icon and have it display TRIA_RIGHT when the panel is collapsed and TRIA_DOWN when it is expanded.
So the final panel should look someting like this
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<code>import bpy
from bpy.props import BoolProperty
class LayoutDemoPanel(bpy.types.Panel):
bl_label = "Layout Panel Demo"
bl_idname = "SCENE_PT_layout_panel"
bl_space_type = 'PROPERTIES'
bl_region_type = 'WINDOW'
bl_context = "scene"
bl_options = {'HIDE_HEADER'}
def draw_header(self, context):
self.layout.label(text="", icon="TRIA_RIGHT")
def draw(self, context):
layout = self.layout
scene = context.scene
layout.label(text="Basic Panels")
header, panel = layout.panel("my_panel_id", default_closed=True)
header.label(text="Hello World")
print(header.icon)
if panel:
panel.label(text="Success")
header, panel = layout.panel_prop(scene, "show_demo_panel")
# header.icon()
if panel:
header.label(text="My Panel", icon="TRIA_DOWN")
panel.prop(scene, "frame_start")
panel.prop(scene, "frame_end")
else: header.label(text="My Panel", icon="TRIA_RIGHT")
layout.label(text="Customized headers")
# Add a checkbox to the Panel header. text must be None for this panel
header, panel = layout.panel("my_panel_id-2", default_closed=True)
header.prop(scene, "use_checkmark", text="") # text must be empty for the checkbox
header.label(text="Checkmark at beginning")
if panel:
panel.label(text="Success")
header, panel = layout.panel("my_panel_id-3", default_closed=True)
header.label(text="Buttons at the end")
header.operator("mesh.primitive_cube_add", text="", icon='EXPORT')
header.operator("mesh.primitive_cube_add", text="", icon='X')
if panel:
panel.label(text="Success")
header, panel = layout.panel("my_panel_id-4", default_closed=True)
header.prop(scene, "use_checkmark2", text="")
header.label(text="Both")
header.operator("mesh.primitive_cube_add", text="", icon='EXPORT')
header.operator("mesh.primitive_cube_add", text="", icon='X')
if panel:
panel.label(text="Success")
bpy.utils.register_class(LayoutDemoPanel)
bpy.types.Scene.show_demo_panel = BoolProperty(default=False)
bpy.types.Scene.use_checkmark = BoolProperty(default=False)
bpy.types.Scene.use_checkmark2 = BoolProperty(default=False)
</code>
<code>import bpy
from bpy.props import BoolProperty
class LayoutDemoPanel(bpy.types.Panel):
bl_label = "Layout Panel Demo"
bl_idname = "SCENE_PT_layout_panel"
bl_space_type = 'PROPERTIES'
bl_region_type = 'WINDOW'
bl_context = "scene"
bl_options = {'HIDE_HEADER'}
def draw_header(self, context):
self.layout.label(text="", icon="TRIA_RIGHT")
def draw(self, context):
layout = self.layout
scene = context.scene
layout.label(text="Basic Panels")
header, panel = layout.panel("my_panel_id", default_closed=True)
header.label(text="Hello World")
print(header.icon)
if panel:
panel.label(text="Success")
header, panel = layout.panel_prop(scene, "show_demo_panel")
# header.icon()
if panel:
header.label(text="My Panel", icon="TRIA_DOWN")
panel.prop(scene, "frame_start")
panel.prop(scene, "frame_end")
else: header.label(text="My Panel", icon="TRIA_RIGHT")
layout.label(text="Customized headers")
# Add a checkbox to the Panel header. text must be None for this panel
header, panel = layout.panel("my_panel_id-2", default_closed=True)
header.prop(scene, "use_checkmark", text="") # text must be empty for the checkbox
header.label(text="Checkmark at beginning")
if panel:
panel.label(text="Success")
header, panel = layout.panel("my_panel_id-3", default_closed=True)
header.label(text="Buttons at the end")
header.operator("mesh.primitive_cube_add", text="", icon='EXPORT')
header.operator("mesh.primitive_cube_add", text="", icon='X')
if panel:
panel.label(text="Success")
header, panel = layout.panel("my_panel_id-4", default_closed=True)
header.prop(scene, "use_checkmark2", text="")
header.label(text="Both")
header.operator("mesh.primitive_cube_add", text="", icon='EXPORT')
header.operator("mesh.primitive_cube_add", text="", icon='X')
if panel:
panel.label(text="Success")
bpy.utils.register_class(LayoutDemoPanel)
bpy.types.Scene.show_demo_panel = BoolProperty(default=False)
bpy.types.Scene.use_checkmark = BoolProperty(default=False)
bpy.types.Scene.use_checkmark2 = BoolProperty(default=False)
</code>
import bpy
from bpy.props import BoolProperty
class LayoutDemoPanel(bpy.types.Panel):
bl_label = "Layout Panel Demo"
bl_idname = "SCENE_PT_layout_panel"
bl_space_type = 'PROPERTIES'
bl_region_type = 'WINDOW'
bl_context = "scene"
bl_options = {'HIDE_HEADER'}
def draw_header(self, context):
self.layout.label(text="", icon="TRIA_RIGHT")
def draw(self, context):
layout = self.layout
scene = context.scene
layout.label(text="Basic Panels")
header, panel = layout.panel("my_panel_id", default_closed=True)
header.label(text="Hello World")
print(header.icon)
if panel:
panel.label(text="Success")
header, panel = layout.panel_prop(scene, "show_demo_panel")
# header.icon()
if panel:
header.label(text="My Panel", icon="TRIA_DOWN")
panel.prop(scene, "frame_start")
panel.prop(scene, "frame_end")
else: header.label(text="My Panel", icon="TRIA_RIGHT")
layout.label(text="Customized headers")
# Add a checkbox to the Panel header. text must be None for this panel
header, panel = layout.panel("my_panel_id-2", default_closed=True)
header.prop(scene, "use_checkmark", text="") # text must be empty for the checkbox
header.label(text="Checkmark at beginning")
if panel:
panel.label(text="Success")
header, panel = layout.panel("my_panel_id-3", default_closed=True)
header.label(text="Buttons at the end")
header.operator("mesh.primitive_cube_add", text="", icon='EXPORT')
header.operator("mesh.primitive_cube_add", text="", icon='X')
if panel:
panel.label(text="Success")
header, panel = layout.panel("my_panel_id-4", default_closed=True)
header.prop(scene, "use_checkmark2", text="")
header.label(text="Both")
header.operator("mesh.primitive_cube_add", text="", icon='EXPORT')
header.operator("mesh.primitive_cube_add", text="", icon='X')
if panel:
panel.label(text="Success")
bpy.utils.register_class(LayoutDemoPanel)
bpy.types.Scene.show_demo_panel = BoolProperty(default=False)
bpy.types.Scene.use_checkmark = BoolProperty(default=False)
bpy.types.Scene.use_checkmark2 = BoolProperty(default=False)