Hi everyone, In the Rhino WIP , we’re working on unifying the command line experience across Mac and Windows. One of the things that makes Rhino unique is how central the command line is to the workflow. But as many of you know, the command interface has historically been quite different between Ma…

@curtisw What about having the Command Option dialog [popup] Left-Justified not centered ? [so it can be as small as needed and not more then that] And what about allowing transparency in it’s background [as it always popup on top of something, and sometime you need to move it because it …

It might be nice if the Search Mode bar activates at the mouse cursor, since that’s where you are always looking.

One thing to try as well is to switch to Search mode and then dock the searchbar as soon as it pops up. You will get: [image] The options will then show in that same UI space like this: [image]

[image] Akash: What about having the Command Option dialog [popup] Left-Justified not centered ? [so it can be as small as needed and not more then that] Hey @Akash , you can place the option dialog where you want and it should remember its location for next time. In the next WIP release you …

[image] Intuos: It might be nice if the Search Mode bar activates at the mouse cursor, since that’s where you are always looking. Thanks for the request! I’ve filed it as RH-89793 Show search Command UI at mouse location

Interesting but please test for multimonitor use on both platforms as part of the development. We still have a BUG in Rhino 8 SR 23 when adding new Panels or New Toolbars on dual monitors, when Rhino 8 is not on the primary monitor. Also pop-up-windows like _Text and the ColorSelector is not very co…

I don’t know if it is mentioned before, but instant Alias doesn’t work with ETO. To bad because search mode docked looks amazing.

Yes this has been mentioned (by you) before and is logged

Rhino WIP Feature: Command Line UI unification

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brian (Brian Gillespie) October 7, 2025, 10:01pm 32

RH-88748 is fixed in Rhino WIP

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Rhino WIP Feature: Command Line UI unification

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