@Boldline Send me your workspace and settings files. I could not replicate this issue here (panels are revealed when selected from the Window menu).

@VectorStyler I’d like this in both the Transform and Node tools. I run into the same issue with the Node tool when I’m trying to select a vector shape on top of a locked shape or raster image. I’d like to switch between Ignore Locked Objects and Allow Locked Object Selection from the contextual menu bar. Could the contextual menu bar also offer Add to Locked Objects? It’s similar to my earlier request for an Add to Selection option like Affinity 3 offers. Here I’d be adding to the set of locked objects. When artwork overlaps, I sometimes need several passes to lock everything I want. If a later selection includes both a locked object and an unlocked one, the current Lock/Unlock shortcut can unlock the first object. With Add to Locked Objects, I’d choose the option from the contextual menu bar and both objects would end up locked. The existing Lock/Unlock shortcut already works well for everyday use. I’d like these options to appear in the contextual menu bar when relevant, which saves permanent toolbar space and gives me one less shortcut to remember. Addendum: One more option for selecting locked objects would be a modifier I can hold while clicking or drag-selecting in either the Transform or Node tool. That would let me include locked objects when I need to. Once I release the modifier, normal selection would skip them again. The objects would stay locked until I explicitly unlock them.