Changes to display menu in sketchup free (web) in 2026?

[kellysk]

Has there been a change to the sketchup free (web) version’s display menu?

As recent as about a week ago, the display menu (tab) on the right hand side of the window (or screen) listed many individual items that were hidden or could be hidden. And you could hide or unhide these items.

Now (as of 6/23/2026), the display menu does not show these anymore. Instead, it only shows two items – which were always there – at the bottom of the menu, in a separate section called "Component Edit.

These two items are called “Hide Rest of Model” and “Hide Similar Components.”

I searched for any documentation about this but wasn’t able to find it at the time of this post.

Is this happening because I accidently changed a setting? Or is this a change implemented by Sketchup?

[DaveR]

It could be a UI change. They happen sometimes. Show a screenshot of what you are seeing.

What items are you referring to? There are other panels where you can hide or show objects and other entities.

[kellysk]

This is what it looks like now. Previously (as recent as last week (6/2026), there was much more, which included guidelines, dimensions, etc.

I’ve found other posts within this form site, that address the same thing. They point to these items being moved to the styles menu. And I find some of them there. The most notable missing item is “dimensions.”

However, these posts are from previous years! But as I said … I was able to see them in the display menu as recent as last week! This seems really odd to me.

One thing to mention that just crossed my mind. I just installed the desktop pro version the other day, with the free trail. I wanted to see the diff between this free web version and the desktop version. Do think that could have affected what I’m experiencing?

[DaveR]

@kellysk

Do think that could have affected what I’m experiencing?

Installing the desktop version wouldn’t have any effect on the appearance of the UI in the web version. It’s possible you are mistaking what you see in the desktop version with the hobbyist version in the browser. It could be as I wrote that the UI on the browser version has been changed. I don’t recall having control over dimension display state being shown in the Display panel. It wouldn’t have occurred to me to look there for that control though and I would hide or unhide dimensions the same way I’d do it in the desktop version.

If you click on Home in the menu at the top left and then About at the bottom left you can look at the CHangelog to see what changed when.

[kellysk]

@DaveR

It’s possible you are mistaking what you see in the desktop version with the hobbyist version in the browser.

No. I am not. I haven’t even used the desktop version since it was installed.

It could be as I wrote that the UI on the browser version has been changed.

Yes, which is why I’m posting this question.

I don’t recall having control over dimension display state being shown in the Display panel.

I do. I have hidden them and unhidden them numerous times.

If you click on Home in the menu at the top left and then About at the bottom left you can look at the CHangelog to see what changed when.

Thanks for that. I was unaware.

However, it does not list anything related to this issue within June of 2026. There _is_ this vague, “catch all” listing :

“Various bug fixes and improvements.”

However, it still does not explain the fact other posts from previous years are asking about this very same issue – which I did not experience until this week (of 6/23/2026). It’s just odd. And I’d like to know why.

And now … something I just discovered while writing this reply.

I am able to unhide dimensions by clicking the magnifying glass on the button bar to the left side of the screen (or window). Then search for “unhide.” After clicking that option, the missing dimensions appear.

I’ve created a shortcut key for it (“u”), because it is no longer listed in the display menu, nor the new location of the other items, which is under the styles menu (to the right side of the screen, or window).

As I’ve mentioned a couple of times, this is new. It was not like this as recently as last week.

@DaveR Thank you for your interaction. I really appreciate your input. But I’m going to just accept … something changed recently FOR ME. I still hope to learn what and why this happened. But … it happened and, at least now, I am able to use these features again.

Thanks again @DaveR

[DaveR]

I guess the thing with UI changes in the web versions is that they can happen any time. The folks in charge of the UI are always working on trying to make things better. They don’t always succeed but that’s part of the process.

I presume you are using SketchUp Free for personal projects and on a fairly limited basis. Is that the case?

And you’re welcome. Sorry I don’t have definitive info for you.

[kellysk]

Yes I use it for personal projects. And yes, it is infrequent. However …

I’ve been using it daily for the past month or so. And I recently reached a point to pause, to gain input from others. The pause was only a few days.

[dezmo]

It is possible that you have accidentally zoomed in too much in a browser. I.e. when you have the cursor on the menu and scroll while holding down the CTRL key, you are not changing the size of the model but the size of the user interface.

Perhaps you need to reset the browser zoom level…

[tommy_acierno]

Hmmm. That’s unexpected. We’ll take a look at it…

@kellysk , are you also able to Edit Styles and, in doing so, see the settings you’re used to seeing in the Display panel?

[kellysk]

@dezmo … Thanks for the suggestion. I was unaware the zoom could be focused only on the menu, and not include the drawing.

However, it didn’t make any difference to the menu. Nothing changed. So I don’t think this is the cause of the issue.

I’m grasping for staws here but …

In the thread above with @DaveR I mentioned between my last use of the free web version and the realization of this issue, I had installed the desktop pro version and initiated the free trial. Which I haven’t even used yet.

That process required the creation (re-creation?) login credentials. Maybe it was a modification of my existing login ID. I don’t know if that’s right, or why it had to happen. And I’m wondering if that additional ID, or modification to my original login ID might have triggered something. _shrug_

And as I also mentioned in the thread with @DaveR I discovered round-a-bout a way to unhide all hidden elements. And I can also use the ‘unhide last’ for the most recent actions to hide elements.

But I still don’t have the ability to scroll through, or search for specific hidden items and unhide them separately from any other. Which is something I believe I was able to do previously, and I like to do.

[tommy_acierno]

@kellysk

I had installed the desktop pro version and initiated the free trial

Yeah, if you started a Pro Trial, that would elevate your SketchUp for Web account in way that makes it look like you have a subscription.

In the paid version of SketchUp for Web, those settings in the Display panel are in the Styles panel, like in the GIF I showed above. Let us know if you’re able to Edit a Style and see those display options.

[kellysk]

@tommy_acierno Thank you for responding.

I am able to see the styles menu you’re showing. But it doesn’t contain the “unhide all” option, as the display menu does. BTW, that feature (function) under the display menu is disabled.

I’m not sure what you mean by “edit styles.” I’m not familiar with this. My understanding is I cannot add to, or remove any of the options I see in the styles menu. Are you referring to the toggles and or the “delete all guides” options?

Also, the styles menu doesn’t allow the ability only to unhide specific items that have been hidden. Instead of the ‘all or nothing’ way the “unhide all” command works.

Correct me if I’m wrong but … I believe the ability to unhide only specific items, rather than all at once, or only the last one (or group) was possible before this current issue.

[kellysk]

@tommy_acierno

@kellysk

I had installed the desktop pro version and initiated the free trial

Yeah, if you started a Pro Trial, that would elevate your SketchUp for Web account in way that makes it look like you have a subscription.

In the paid version of SketchUp for Web, those settings in the Display panel are in the Styles panel, like in the GIF I showed above. Let us know if you’re able to Edit a Style and see those display options.

Well … there ya go. But …

I’m not sure what you mean by “edit styles.” I’m not familiar with this. My understanding is I cannot add to, or remove any of the options I see in the styles menu. Are you referring to the toggles and or the “delete all guides” options?

I much prefer the way it was before I initiated the trail version.

[tommy_acierno]

Thanks, @kellysk . I think you verified that you’re looking at the Paid mode instead of the Free mode.

The Display panel for Free should look like this:

All the options below “View” are in the Styles panel with a Paid account, so the Display panel with a Paid account (or with a Trial ) should look like this:

In order to hide or unhide specific objects (other than “last” or “all” hidden objects), that would require the Outliner (which is also available in the Paid version).

Or, if Tags are assigned to certain objects, that’s another way to hide/unhide geometry (which is available in Free and Paid versions):

[kellysk]

@tommy_acierno Awesome. Thank you for clarifying and explaining.

I guess I need to start naming my groups, or tagging them.

What happens if I don’t keep the paid subscription after the trail period has expired? Are the previous menu options of the free web version restored?

I installed the pro version in an attempt to see if I could just view files on my device, when I didn’t have an internet connection. Because the “view” app doesn’t exist anymore.

[tommy_acierno]

@kellysk

Are the previous menu options of the free web version restored?

Definitely. You wouldn’t have access to Outliner anymore, but the Display panel would go back to what you were familiar with.

[tommy_acierno]

@kellysk

Because the “view” app doesn’t exist anymore.

True, there isn’t a Windows-based Viewer anymore. But for folks without an Internet connection but need the mobility to view files offline on the go, the iPad version works well. That still needs a subscription, but only need the lowest subscription (called Go).

[kellysk]

@tommy_acierno

Okay so I’d lose the outliner but I could still accomplish the same thing with the tags menu?

Since my last reply, I’ve been editing the names of the groups in outliner. I better use tags instead.

[tommy_acierno]

@kellysk

but I could still accomplish the same thing with the tags menu?

100%. You can create and apply Tags totally for Free, which are a great way to organize your geometry and control visibility. Tag folders are paid feature, but you may not need those, unless it’s important to you to organize your Tags as well.

[tommy_acierno]

@kellysk

I’ve been editing the names of the groups in outliner.

You can also use Entity Info (once the Group or Component is selected) to add or edit the name of an object .