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Tab Management Section.

• N-panel Tabs Sidebar Re-ordering: Added the ability to re-order tabs directly on the Sidebar.

• Category Editing ู& Tab Merging: Allowed editing for Sidebar tab category names that sit outside of SUPERTABs.
  • If a category is named identically to an existing Sidebar tab, they will automatically merge into a single category.

• Compact Mode & Icon : N-panel tabs Sidebar now support Build-in and custom PNG icon, only show the icon when use compact mode (New feature in Blender 5.2)

• Gizmo Tab Bar : N-panel tabs Sidebar now can draw a floating horizontal tab bar as Gizmo Button, allow to Relocation Button around 3D viewport and dock-able ability with 3D viewport footer, Click to Activate N-panel Sidebar tab to open. [Support Compact mode]

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• Extended Quick Shortcut : Improving the Quick Shortcut system so it can trigger and active sidebar category tabs that haven't been moved into SUPERTABs yet. </aside>

SUPERTABs – Tabs Side bar Re-Order (Preferences) — v1.4.0▶️✅

• Workspace Filter : Dynamic Context-Aware UI Allow Tab Groups or Addon Tabs to automatically show/hide based on your current workspace, active mode (Object/Edit mode), or active object type (Mesh, Curve, Light, etc.). Your UI will adapt instantly to what you are doing.

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CHANGED & IMPROVED:

• Popover 3rd Party Panel : Summon third-party addon Panels directly into a floating Popover window with Quick Shortcut [Right Click or Pie Menu], keeping your N-panel completely clean when they aren't needed.

• Scroll Wheel Column : Shift + Scroll Wheel mouse will adjust column of Tab group or Addons/Tabs within Tab group
  • Shift + Scroll wheel : to adjust Tab-Group
  • Shift + Ctrl + Scroll wheel : to adjust Addon/Tab item within Sub-Group [Need Expanded]

• Focus Mode Improvements : Added options to keep the Tools Header and Gizmo Tab Bar visible in Full Screen Focus Mode (Ctrl + Alt + Space), allowing tab switching without exiting focus mode.

• [F7] Split View Improvements : Split 3D View lets you select which editor opens when splitting the 3D viewport.
  • Split 3D View, then pick an editor from popup (Favorites + Show All Editors)

• Re-Register hotkey Improvements : now can fix all SUPERTABs hotkey > Manager, Asset browser, Join/split view/pie menu hotkey

• Transform Header Improvements : now support vertex & median data in edit-mode and support curve and bone

Tool Header :

• Added: 3Dcursor Transform into Transform header [None-Select Object]

• Added: Pivot point Expanded toggle into Header toolbar in transform and Align Categories

• Changed: Origin Tool on Header top bar merged into align categories

N-Panel Layouts

• Added: Show/Hide Only the Group Header but Keep Items Shown Inside for "Group & Addons" Section to minimal layouts
• Changed: Favorites Section Hidden Until the First Preset Is Created for cleaner N-panel spacing

Preferences :

• Added: "Bind Keys" Tab — Listing All Hidden N-Panel Hotkeys (Read-Only)

• Added: "Update" Tab — Install SUPERTABs From a .zip File

  • New Update tab in SUPERTABs Info: pick a .zip file, press Update SUPERTABs.
  • A confirm dialog shows the version change and file counts before installing (with a warning on downgrades).
  • After updating, the button becomes Press to Restart Blender — restart to load the new version.

  

• Adjusted: Eject Feature (Session-Only Behavior)

  Ejecting an Addon or Tabgroup is now strictly a temporary (session-only) action. (Tabs actively ejected cannot be re-ordered in the Re-Order UI).

  • Removed Eject State Export: temporarily_ejected_items and ejected_subgroups are no longer saved to exported JSON files. Only standard Visibility Hide states are retained.

  • Clean Import Handling: Importing a preset now resets all Eject states to default. Legacy JSON files containing old Eject keys will bypass them cleanly without errors.

    

FIXED :

• Fixed: Blender crashing when opening the Transform panel section (N-Panel) in Curve Edit Mode.
• Fixed: Hidden Sub Group can’t restore, when hiding multi of Sub Group
• Fixed: Empty Section Bug When Items Are Assigned Directly to Main Group Without Subgroups
• Fixed: Keymaps [Hotkeys] Validation Conflict & Overlapping
• Fixed: Subgroup Ejected tab Conflict Cross Editors
• Fixed: Tab-Group Sorting now only sorts groups matching the active editor tab (3D View / UV/Image / Nodes) instead of sorting all groups across all editors. </aside>

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REMOVED :

N-panel

• Decluttered Panel Headers: Removed dedicated Hide, Eject, Favorite, and Quick Assign toggles from Group & Addon headers for maximum screen real estate.

  • Unified Action Popover: Press Ctrl + Alt + Left Click on any Tab-Group or Addon button to summon the new Actions Popover Menu (Hide & Eject).

  • Relocated Restoration Controls: Restore Hide & Eject buttons have been moved to a cleaner location right beside the action Pop-over [Ctrl + Alt + Left Click]

    

• Removed : Favorite & Quick Shortcut Assign toggle no longer displayed on Group & Addons Sections of SUPERTABs N-panel.

Preferences

• Legacy Layout Removal: Removed old button layout options from Preferences to maintain a unified, optimized architecture.

Improved: Tab Icons Can Show on Add-on’s Panel Headers

• Icons you assign to add-ons and tabs can now appear in front of the panel name on the N-panel, not just on the sidebar tab. Custom PNG images work too. </aside>