Context dependent display properties
When the association widgets for assigning materials and initial conditions to element blocks are active it would be greatly desirable for the model rendering to display the element blocks but not display the side sets by default. The display of the side sets interferes (a bit) with the highlighting of the blocks.
Similarly, when the association widget for assigning boundary conditions to side sets is active, it would be greatly desirable for the model rendering to not display the element blocks and display the side sets with transparency. Otherwise highlighted sidesets may be entirely hidden.
Stated differently, it would be helpful to have configurable defaults for how the model is rendered for different contexts in the attribute editor.