**Scene Workspaces** creates an alternative workspaces topbar, allowing you to filter and reorder workspaces, scene by scene.
Basically, you can decide which workspace you want to link to each scene.
> This is possible thanks to a custom property at scene level (which is saved with your .blend file).
> *This property simply list names of the linked workspaces, in the correct order.*
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You can customize Scene Workspaces from add-on preferences:
- **Show Switch**
*When active, shows a checkbox to switch between Scene Workspaces and the default topbar.*
*This checkbox will directly affect the next preference.*
- **Use Scene Workspaces topbar**
*Switch between Scene Workspaces topbar and the default topbar*
- **Use Compact Mode** *(default ON)*
> *Compact Mode ON*
> 
> *Compact Mode OFF*
> 
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What you can usually to do by right-clicking on a workspace (and more) it's avaliable by clicking the near options button.
The first options are the ones from Scene Workspaces:
- **Toggle Compact Mode** *(preference)*
- **Unlink workspace from scene**
- **Rename** *(for all scenes)*
- **Reorder to front** *(only for this scene)*
- **Move left** *(only for this scene)*
- **Move right** *(only for this scene)*
- **Reorder to back** *(only for this scene)*
- **Previous workspace** *(using scene order) `Shift + Ctrl + Page Up`*
- **Next Workspace** *(using scene order) `Shift + Ctrl + Page Down`*
And then, starting from `Duplicate`, you'll find the default workspace options.
> **Note**
> Default options like `Reorder to Front`, `Reorder to Back` will only affect the global workspaces, and not the Scene Workspaces topbar.
> *Instead, use the ones marked with `(scene only)`.*
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> Also, default options `Previous Workspace` and `Next Workspace` functions will follow the global workspaces order, and not the scene order.
> *Instead, use the ones marked with `(scene)`.*
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You can link other workspaces to the current scene, using the menu with the workspace icon:
or by clicking the active workspace, if it's not currently linked
You can also copy the linked workspaces from another scene, using the menu with the duplicate icon:
You can reorder, rename, link and unlink the Scene Workspaces, using the panel `Properties > Scene > Scene Workspaces`.
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If you don't want to setup from scratch your Scene Workspaces on every new project, you can use the add-on [Custom Templates](https://extensions.blender.org/add-ons/custom-templates/),
and prepare templates with your Scene Workspaces already prepared.
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## Why Scene Workspaces?
In Blender, workspaces are common across scenes.
At the same time, you may need different workspaces in different scenes, depending on the purpose of the scene.
*For example, you may want a scene with workspaces optimized for modelling and another Scene optimized for Video Editing, in the same project.*
**Scene Workspaces** make this possibile with the custom topbar and a custom property for each scene.
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For more info, checkout the project's [README](https://projects.blender.org/Francesco-Bellini/scene_workspaces_addon/src/branch/main/README.md).