https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/how-do-you-resize-the-material-editor/m-p/13857986#M94939 <P>how do you resize the material editor ? thank you so much!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="qddmonterde_0-1760934702539.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1580058iC2103A31555683D2/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="qddmonterde_0-1760934702539.png" alt="qddmonterde_0-1760934702539.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:31:57 GMT qddmonterde 2025-10-20T04:31:57Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/how-do-you-resize-the-material-editor/m-p/13857986#M94939 <P>how do you resize the material editor ? thank you so much!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="qddmonterde_0-1760934702539.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1580058iC2103A31555683D2/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="qddmonterde_0-1760934702539.png" alt="qddmonterde_0-1760934702539.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:31:57 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/how-do-you-resize-the-material-editor/m-p/13857986#M94939 qddmonterde 2025-10-20T04:31:57Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/how-do-you-resize-the-material-editor/m-p/13858110#M94940 <P>The old <A href="https://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2026/ENU/?guid=GUID-B6CA2B16-8522-4440-9711-E1664F224D04" target="_blank">Compact Material Editor</A> cannot be resized, but you can increase the number of material slots ("spheres") shown in the given size (rt-click menu &gt; "5X3" or "6X4").</P> <P>Other than that, the new <A href="https://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2026/ENU/?guid=GUID-7B51EF9F-E660-4C10-886C-6F6ADE9E8F56" target="_blank">Slate Material Editor</A> (SME) allows for very flexible arrangements and overviews of materials, including collapsed material nodes, tabs etc.</P> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:28:19 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/how-do-you-resize-the-material-editor/m-p/13858110#M94940 MartinBeh 2025-10-20T07:28:19Z