My personal preference is to dock both the material manager and the font manager in one of my saved layouts. This is my own I used most often for design.
I like ot have my scene tree much larger on the left so I can see more of it, I have pinned the project manager and the scene manager to the left. I have added the material and font manager to my layout as well as the object tool bar which saves me have to switch to the transform tab in the object inspector as well.

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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-30-2022 13:48
From: Michele Hampton
Subject: Materials Tab - Object Inspector
So your materials you still see in the Object Inspector tab, but you only access your materials in the Material Manager. Thanks for your note. But still odd that the materials cannot be arranged better in the Object Inspector area.
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Michele Lee Hampton
Graphics Operator
Hermosa Beach, CA
Original Message:
Sent: 09-30-2022 13:41
From: Simon Redmile
Subject: Materials Tab - Object Inspector
I use the material manager and dock it into my layout rather than the material tab at the bottom as the material manager can have folders and filters.
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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom
Original Message:
Sent: 09-30-2022 12:57
From: Michele Hampton
Subject: Materials Tab - Object Inspector
Is there any way to have the materials be sorted in alphabetic order in the Materials Tab?
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Michele Lee Hampton
Graphics Operator
Hermosa Beach, CA
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