Share UI settings between projects

I tried searching for a solution to my issue, but maybe I am missing the terms because the answers I found applied to different things.

What I would like to achieve is to share the "way" my UI is configured in one project, to other projects. What I mean by UI is for example the "tabs" (is that a correct term?) that say "Project" or "Structure" or "Favorites" etc., that are found vertically and horizontally at the edges. I have specific "tabs" that I keep, others I have removed from the bars, some of them are docked, some are not docked and so on.

I have the IDE settings sync enabled (at the bottom right corner with the gear) but those seem not to be part of the information being synced.

I tried file > export settings and import on another project but again it didn't work.

With a quick grep, I found those settings are stored under the ".idea" directory, but I hope I don't have to go around editing xml files in different projects.

Thanks, and sorry if the terms I use are way off.