Please give us back the old UI.

[comfy-pr-bot]

New UI

Old UI

I don't want these widgets or whatever you call them 'floating' over the canvas like that. They get in the way of seeing my nodes. Especially with how I use ComfyUI in a vertical layout, where ComfUI uses one half of my screen while the other half is used for multitasking.

New UI

Old UI

Why was this change made? And why was the ability to press F to go fullscreen canvas mode taken away? ComfyUI isn't so comfy anymore after v0.3.70. By having these menus float over the canvas rather than being connected to the frame like they used to be, and like how the sidebar can still be, it has a negative impact on how node focusing / zooming works.

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This issue is transferred from: comfyanonymous/ComfyUI#11113

Original issue was created by @Uzukii at 2025-12-05T04:18:19.000Z

Original Comments:

@nekor0:

agree, the current UI is so bugged, it has inconsistent node size.

@11-Lambda:

I also agree here - having the toolbar floating wastes space and gets in the way. It should integrate into the top bar or have an option to do so.

@TheNightmare4865:

Also in the very latest update they removed the 'queue' sidebar as well. God I miss the queue sidebar when I press Q.

@Jamerrone:

Yeah, the removal of the "queue" is just plain bad. The assets view does not show the preview images, only the finished image. I am ok with the removal of the queue, but then they need to add the preview to it.

@Chimvokin:

I concur. Terrible UI choices, especially without the ability to customise or revert back to the previous design.

@NouberNou:

The ability to do A/B testing by quickly arrowing through the queue was super useful.

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[signalstop]

It was a horrible change. Not necessary and has a major impact on usability. I honestly don't know how they thought this would be a good idea. No benefit, all detrimental to using core functions.

[loz2754]

I want to express how grateful I am for this wonderful tool. It has opened up a whole new interest for me. But I have to agree wholeheartedly that the recent UI changes encroach way too much on the already limited useable graph space, with nothing for the user to choose as optional.
And I fervently would like to please request that the cancel current generation, and cancel queue buttons, be reinstated next to, and in line with, the run button. PLEASE!

[juntaosun]

The start and stop buttons were originally a pair of good friends; their relationship had been excellent since the day Comfyui was born. But now, we are very sorry that you have separated them. Please reunite them as soon as possible!

[without-ordinary]

v1.34.6 (or earlier) removed all of those button instead even though it sounded like from the announcements that the previous change was reverted due to user outcry.

Overall, the new frontend design is terrible for a lists of reasons that I've been putting on the Discord for the past week as making one github issue per would take a month.

[Uzukii]

The start and stop buttons were originally a pair of good friends; their relationship had been excellent since the day Comfyui was born. But now, we are very sorry that you have separated them. Please reunite them as soon as possible!

Funny, cute, and sad. Was that AI generated or drawn?

Anyway, as I was saying before right as this thread was being moved here, it really feels like many developers across the board are actively sabotaging their own products with bad UI redesigns lately. Apple ruined iOS in their latest update, Microsoft ruined Windows 11 in theirs, Google makes YouTube worse every day, and now ComfyUI does this.