# New Segment Editor layout - vertical effect toolbar

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-segment-editor-layout-vertical-effect-toolbar/19649>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** feature, segmentation\
**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-segment-editor-layout-vertical-effect-toolbar/19649 "2021-09-13T19:51:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamesobutler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jamesobutler/32/7511_2.png) [@jamesobutler](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jamesobutler)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-segment-editor-layout-vertical-effect-toolbar/19649/27 "2021-09-20T21:16:06Z")

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> [@jamesobutler](#):
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> Should we create a new discourse post explaining the current look of icons and then we can brainstorm ideas for new icons based on what other applications have to explain the similar type action?

Completed. See below

> [@Improve recognizability of Segment Editor effects icons](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/improve-segment-editor-effects-icons/19772):
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> With recent optimization of the Segment Editor module GUI the segment effects are now displayed a QToolButtons with icons that do not display text with the button. Text was removed to make the buttons more compact and to align with the style of other programs such as Paint, Photoshop, Gimp etc where they don’t put text under each effect in their list of tools. As originally suggested by @tomekcz, we could update the segment editor effect icons to more closely align with the icons used in other …

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