Collection Compactor: Declutter Your Blender Scene, One Click at a Time!

Tired of endless scrolling through your out-of-control collections list? Meet Collection Compactor, the ultimate hide-and-seek master for Blender. With one click, tuck away every item in your selected collection, and when you need it back, it’s just as easy! And don't worry—you'll never lose track of hidden treasures. Our nifty display panel lets you quickly search for any hidden collection and bring it back into the light in seconds!

Hide objects and collection, choose if you want to hidden them from the viewport, render or both.

Features:

• One-Click Hide/Show Collections: Like a magic cloak for your collections—poof, they're hidden! Poof, they're back! No more hunting for the tiny eye icon, just click and watch your scene transform. 🧙‍♂️✨

• Hide/Show By Type: Need to hide objects by type? It’s as simple as a wave of your wand—instantly remove objects from the viewport or render. Hide those pesky lights, cameras, or meshes with the flick of a button.

• Smart Display Panel: Out of sight shouldn’t mean out of mind. The Smart Display Panel brings all your hidden collections to the forefront so you can keep track of everything—even if it's lurking in the shadows. 💡👀

• Effortless Search & Reveal: Type it, find it, unhide it. Searching for that hidden collection has never been so easy! It’s like a treasure hunt where you always know where the treasure is. 🏴‍☠️💎

• Compacting Hidden Collections: Get rid of clutter in the Outliner like a pro—compact all those hidden collections into a tidy little package, making room for what really matters. Say goodbye to visual chaos and hello to streamlined simplicity. 📦

• Hidden Collections Turned Red for Visibility: Ever wish hidden collections were easier to spot? Now, they glow red, so you can instantly see which collections are hiding out. It's the "stop and look" feature your Outliner always needed! 🔴

• Show All Objects of a Type with One Click: Need to see everything of a particular type? Click, and boom—all objects of that type appear, like magic. No need to scroll through your scene—just click, and they’re there! ✨

• Hide All But Objects of a Given Type with One Click: Want to focus only on a specific object type? With a single click, hide everything else! It’s like a VIP pass for your objects—only the select ones get in. 🎟️

So give your scene the breathing room it deserves and let Collection Compactor work its magic. It’s your secret weapon against Blender clutter!

Updates:

Version 1.0.3

• Converted to an extension
• Added more robust control over the outliner display with more compacting 

Version 1.0.2

• Updated excluded collection with a warning if already excluded

Version 1.0.1

• Updated UI to improve the workflow
• Added compact outliner feature