# DICOM Browser Layout
**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-browser-layout/8148
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** feature, dicombrowser
**Created:** [August 23, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-browser-layout/8148 "2019-08-23T16:40:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Sunderlandkyl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sunderlandkyl)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-browser-layout/8148/1 "2019-08-23T16:40:07Z")
The latest nightly builds on all platforms include an updated DICOM browser that is embedded within a layout, rather than as a popup window.
To show the dicom browser within a module:
`slicer.app.layoutManager().setLayout(slicer.vtkMRMLLayoutNode.SlicerLayoutDicomBrowserView)`
If anybody has any feedback or encounters any issues with the new DICOM browser layout, it would be great if you could post them here.
Thanks,
Kyle
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### Author:  [@jumbojing](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jumbojing)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-browser-layout/8148/2 "2021-11-15T02:29:43Z")
@Sunderlandkyl
How to auto-hide browser window, when use ` slicer.app.layoutManager().setLayout(slicer.vtkMRMLLayoutNode.SlicerLayoutDicomBrowserView)` in python.
like this:
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### Author:  [@jumbojing](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jumbojing)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-browser-layout/8148/3 "2021-11-15T02:42:10Z")
@lassoan@Juicy@jamesobutler @jcfr @pieperThanks @chir.set@Sunderlandkyl
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### Author:  [@Sunderlandkyl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sunderlandkyl)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-browser-layout/8148/4 "2021-11-15T15:35:41Z")
It should automatically switch back to the previous layout when something is loaded.
Have you encountered any issues with this?
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### Author:  [@jumbojing](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jumbojing)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-browser-layout/8148/5 "2021-11-15T19:47:30Z")
@Sunderlandkyl
Yes, the previous layout has automatically switch, but the side bar still couldn’t switch back…
I have to reopen my moudle to switch. I need not the side bar. I found the **Auto-hide browser window** checkbox in ‘DICOM database settings’ layout. How to “Auto-hide browser window” with python.
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### Author:  [@Sunderlandkyl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sunderlandkyl)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-browser-layout/8148/6 "2021-11-15T20:05:18Z")
You can use this function to change the browser persistence setting from Python:
`slicer.modules.dicom.widgetRepresentation().self().browserWidget.setBrowserPersistence(True)`
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### Author:  [@jumbojing](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jumbojing)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-browser-layout/8148/7 "2021-11-15T20:32:40Z")
> [@Sunderlandkyl](#):
>
> slicer.modules.dicom.widgetRepresentation().self().browserWidget.setBrowserPersistence(True)
```auto
slicer.app.layoutManager().setLayout(slicer.vtkMRMLLayoutNode.SlicerLayoutDicomBrowserView)
slicer.modules.dicom.widgetRepresentation().self().browserWidget.setBrowserPersistence(False)
```
I use above code, but open the Slicer, the first time “load DICOM”, the sidebar appears, and then “load DICOM”, the sidebar will not appear…Why?
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### Author:  [@jumbojing](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jumbojing)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-browser-layout/8148/8 "2021-11-15T21:00:25Z")
Open the Slicer, the first time “load DICOM”, the sidebar appears, and then “load DICOM”, the sidebar will not appear…
打开Slicer,第一次“load DICOM”, 侧边栏出现, 此后再“load DICOM”,侧边栏就不会出现了…
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### Author:  [@Sunderlandkyl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sunderlandkyl)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-browser-layout/8148/10 "2021-11-15T21:21:57Z")
Using a freshly started Slicer, running the following code in the python interactor does not cause the DICOM module to appear in the sidebar (tested on Windows & Linux):
```auto
slicer.modules.dicom.widgetRepresentation().self()
slicer.app.layoutManager().setLayout(slicer.vtkMRMLLayoutNode.SlicerLayoutDicomBrowserView)
slicer.modules.dicom.widgetRepresentation().self().browserWidget.setBrowserPersistence(False)
```
Can you provide an example that can be run in the Python interactor that will cause the issue?
Otherwise, you may be able to debug the issue by placing a breakpoint in slicer.util.selectModule() and check the call stack to see where the module is changed.
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### Author:  [@jumbojing](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jumbojing)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-browser-layout/8148/11 "2021-11-15T21:47:25Z")
@Sunderlandkyl
Thinks, my code use `slicer.util.selectModule("DICOM")`, I delete it.
```auto
def showDICOMBrowser(self):
if slicer.modules.DICOMInstance.browserWidget is None:
# slicer.util.selectModule('DICOM')
slicer.util.selectModule('PedicleTrianglePlaner')
# Make the DICOM browser disappear after loading data
slicer.modules.dicom.widgetRepresentation().self()
slicer.app.layoutManager().setLayout(slicer.vtkMRMLLayoutNode.SlicerLayoutDicomBrowserView)
slicer.modules.dicom.widgetRepresentation().self().browserWidget.setBrowserPersistence(False)
```
@Sunderlandkyl Problem solved, thank you, teacher!
问题解决,谢谢老师