UV Map Order

Adds buttons to help rearrange and sort UV map orders in Blender.

This is a slight expansion (two more options) and UI revision (more compact) of work by Jake Dube, cdeguise, bovesan, and APEC (which I haven't found here in GitHub). See this StackExchange discussion for details, and many thanks to the original authors.

Installation and Usage

• Download the .py add-on file
• Install in the Blender Preferences > Add-ons tab
• Enable the plugin
• With a mesh selected, you'll find new sorting buttons in the Properties > Data > UV Maps panel

Options

• Move Up - moves the active UV map up by one in the list
• Move Down - moves the active UV map down by one in the list
• Move to Top - moves the active UV map to the top of the list
• Move to Bottom - moves the active UV map to the bottom of the list
• Sort A to Z - Alphabetises all UV maps in ascending order
• Sort Z to A - Alphabetises all UV maps in descending order

Notes

• Changing UV map order requires duplicating and removing maps as discussed here on StackExchange; while it should be safe, it's helpful to know how something operates if you ever experience odd behaviour
• Seems to be working pretty well in Blender 3.6, and should work all the way back to 2.8, but this add-on is provided free and without warranty