# Templates

Due to the wide list of features, most panels in 3rd Dimension platform have a huge list of customization possibilities. The more powerful panel is — the more settings it has. This allows any user to tune each functionality on its own and sometimes this process can take a lot of time to complete.

In order to save your work on workspace customization, we have developed a ***“Templates”*** functionality. It helps you to save your customizations in special objects — templates — and instantiate them later, keeping all of the applied settings.

You can ***save any*** [***Panel***](https://docs.thirddimension.exchange/general-settings/single-panel)***,*** [***Group*** ](https://docs.thirddimension.exchange/general-settings/group-of-panels)***or*** [***Bind*** ](https://docs.thirddimension.exchange/general-settings/binds)***as a template***, so its usefulness is very promising.

### How to create the template?

The process of Template creation is as simple as 1-2-3: 

1. Open any panel (or use Group / Bind)
2. Customize it according to your needs
3. Save as Template with a custom name.

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/urdqk4sHwHHpr4J3s5P6/blobs/zboNHCyeUhfTMRRe7a5t/save%20as%20template.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>“Save as template” option in panel’s context menu</p></figcaption></figure>

All of the created templates are stored in Control center sidebar, under the ***“Templates”*** group. So you can launch any template from this place any time you wish. You can put the saved templates on the Favorites bar of Control center, like any other default panel.

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/urdqk4sHwHHpr4J3s5P6/blobs/eVZq820Nrm3jBq5oExm1/template.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Templates section in Control center sidebar</p></figcaption></figure>

**Apply template.** Once you created several templates you can apply any of them to this particular panel.

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If you want to **edit** the template name or **delete** it from your terminal — use the context menu on it. Each Template stores all of the settings data, including sizes, coloring, internal elements visibility, a predefined symbol of account values, additional specific settings etc. In other words: all that you can customize + more.

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If the separate panel is in the Bind, the template saving cannot be applied to it. In this case, **the template can be saved only for Bind.**
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You can **share your templates** with other 3rd Dimension traders by sharing the template files with them. Template files can be found in “3rd Dimension -> Settings -> Templates” folder.
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