Tools menu > Display Floater
This modeless dialog contains most of the functions on the Display panel. You can leave the Display floater up while you work in your scene, making it easier to change viewport displays without changing the current command panel.
Interface
The Display floater has two panels: Hide/Freeze and Object Level.
Hide/Freeze panel
Hide group
Selected: Hides the selected object(s).
Unselected: Hides all visible objects except the selected ones. Use this to hide all the objects except the one you are working on.
By Name: Lets you select the objects to hide by name.
By Hit: Causes any object you click in the viewport to be hidden. If you hold the CTRL key while selecting an object, that object and all of its children are hidden. To exit Hide by Hit mode, right-click, press ESCAPE, or select a different function. This mode is automatically turned off if you hide all objects in the scene.
Unhide group
All: Unhides all hidden objects. The unhide buttons are only available when you have specifically hidden one or more objects. They won't unhide objects hidden by category.
By Name: Displays a dialog in which you can unhide objects you select from a list.
Freeze group
Selected: Freezes the selected object(s) so they cannot move in the viewport.
Unselected: Freezes all visible objects except the selected ones. Use this to quickly freeze all the objects except the one you're working on.
By Name: Lets you select the objects to freeze by name.
By Hit: Causes any object you click in the viewport to be frozen. If you hold the CTRL key while selecting an object, that object and all of its children are frozen. To exit Freeze by Hit mode, right-click, press Escape, or select a different function. This mode is automatically turned off if you freeze all objects in the scene.
Unfreeze group
All: Unfreezes all frozen objects.
By Name: Displays a dialog in which you can unfreeze objects you select from a list.
By Hit: Causes any object you click in the viewport to be unfrozen. If you hold the CTRL key while selecting an object, that object and all of its children are unfrozen.
Hide Frozen Objects: Toggles display of frozen objects on and off. You donÆt have to unfreeze objects to hide them; you can use Hide Frozen Objects instead to hide or unhide frozen objects in a single step.
Object Level panel
Hide by Category group
Toggles the display of objects by their category (objects, cameras, lights, and so on). Choose the check boxes to hide objects of that category. Use the All, None, and Invert buttons to change the settings of the check boxes.
Display Properties group
Provides controls that alter the display of selected objects.
Display as Box: Toggles the display of selected objects, including 3D objects and 2D shapes as bounding boxes. Produces minimum geometric complexity.
Backface Cull: Toggles the display of faces with normals pointing away from view. When selected, you see through the wireframe to the back faces. Applies only to Wireframe viewport display.
Edges Only: Toggles the display of face edges. When set, only faces appear. When clear, all mesh geometry appears. Applies only to Wireframe viewport display.
Vertex Ticks: Displays the vertices in the selected geometry as tick marks.
If the current selection has no displayed tick marks, the check box is clear. If some of the vertices in the current selection display tick marks, the check box contains a gray X. If all vertices in the current selection display tick marks, the check box contains a black X.
Trajectory: Toggles trajectory display for the selected object so you can display its trajectory wherever you are in the software.
See-Through: When turned on, this toggle makes the object or selection translucent in viewports. It simply lets you see whatÆs behind or inside an object in a crowded scene. Use this when you need to see inside an object, such as a character with bones inside. Default=off.
This option is also available from the Display panel and the Object Properties dialog.
You can customize the color of see-through objects by using the Colors panel of the Customize > Customize User Interface dialog. Choose Geometry from the Elements list, and then choose See-Through.
Keyboard shortcut (default): ALT+X
Ignore Extents: Allows an object to be excluded from a zoom extents operation. Choose this when you have lights or other distant objects that you donÆt want to use when you do a zoom extents.
Show Frozen in Gray: When on, the object turns gray in viewports when you freeze it. When off, viewports display the object with its usual color or texture even when it is frozen. Default=on.