rdPalettes Tutorial 2.1 – Showing/Hiding Palettes

Last Updated: 5th June 2026
Tutorial created using rdPalettes version 1.0

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There are a few ways to show/hide/dim the palette windows – this tutorial goes through how to set these up.

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Normal Hide/Show:

The most common way to hide/show the palette is with either the Toolbar icon, or by using the Keyboard shortcut shift+1. The current edit mode must be either Landscape Mode or Foliage Mode.

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Fade Out:

From the rdPalette settings (Tools->rdTools->rdPalettes->Settings) you can enable auto-fade out. When the mouse leaves the pallette area, after a short (configurable) pause the pallete fades down to a configured amount. This can help not draw attention to it while you’re editing.

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