# Segment Editor User Interface Improvements
**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segment-editor-user-interface-improvements/9029
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segment-editor-user-interface-improvements/9029 "2019-11-05T14:14:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Umesh\_Persad](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Umesh_Persad)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segment-editor-user-interface-improvements/9029/21 "2019-11-07T11:23:42Z")
Is there a way I can get the .ui file(s) for the existing interface so that I can experiment with changes on it?
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### Author:  [@Umesh\_Persad](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Umesh_Persad)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segment-editor-user-interface-improvements/9029/22 "2019-11-07T12:15:37Z")
Here is the ribbon simulation with Slicer Designer and buttons. I would need to get the icons.
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### Author:  [@Umesh\_Persad](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Umesh_Persad)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segment-editor-user-interface-improvements/9029/23 "2019-11-07T13:06:03Z")
ITK snap has a good segmentation interface:
Based on this, here is another layout design that is a small modification of the existing design:
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### Author:  [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segment-editor-user-interface-improvements/9029/24 "2019-11-07T14:20:26Z")
Thanks everyone for their input, I am really excited to see where the discussion leads us š
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### Author:  [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segment-editor-user-interface-improvements/9029/25 "2021-06-25T21:44:59Z")
2 posts were split to a new topic: [Change segment editor button layout](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/change-segment-editor-button-layout/18343)
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### Author:  [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segment-editor-user-interface-improvements/9029/26 "2021-09-13T19:55:20Z")
Thanks to all the efforts of @jamesobutler, the new Segment Editor layout is now ready - see more information (and provide any feedback and suggestions) in this topic:
> [@New Segment Editor layout - vertical effect toolbar](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-segment-editor-layout-vertical-effect-toolbar/19649):
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> Thanks to all the development efforts of @jamesobutler and feedback from the community, the new, more space-efficient Segment Editor user interface is now ready (available in latest Slicer Preview Release). The main difference is that the effect toolbar is vertical, with fixed number of columns and without icon labels. This layout makes it easier to remember where to find an effect (because the same effect always appears at the same place), and the space is used more efficiently (there is less nā¦
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