Panels disappear when VS works in background
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@encart said in Panels disappear when VS works in background:
I often have situations where panels do not want to reappear. I can move objects on the canvas and they are invisible. Only changing the tool wakes them up.
I will try to replicate this.
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@VectorStyler I would add that then the keyboard shortcuts do not work either. To get everything back to normal you have to change the tool.
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@encart said in Panels disappear when VS works in background:
@VectorStyler To get everything back to normal you have to change the tool.
What if you just click inside the canvas once?
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@VectorStyler This is related to the overall topic so I am adding it here.
If I am using the 1.2.2 beta, if I click on another program, VS completely hides, not just the panels but the entire program. What I was discussing earlier in this thread was that it was normal for the open panels to hide when clicking on a different program. I'd like to clarify that the main workspace should still remain in view. This is what the other programs do.A real life example - I wanted to use a font finder program to see what a particular font was used in a design in VS where the font had previously been expanded. I open the font finder app and it needs to take a screenshot of the desired font shapes to scan the database. If I click on that program, the entire VS workspace disappears, which is not ideal and is a little jarring.
I understand the concept of what you were intending and it can be useful some of the time to get VS out of the way so another program can be used - it's just that I spend much of my time jumping over to another program temporarily and want to keep VS on the screen. I don;t know a great way to make it work for both cases
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@Boldline said in Panels disappear when VS works in background:
the entire VS workspace disappears, which is not ideal and is a little jarring.
This should not happen. Did this occur on macOS Ventura?
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@VectorStyler yes this occurs in Ventura. I have not upgraded to the newest os as of yet.
I just checked this on a different computer and its working normally, the VS workspace does not also minimize... So the issue is related to something local to the first computer. What would I need to send to you to narrow in obtaining the cause?
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@Boldline Send me the settings and workspace files (better just zip the /resources/ folder as there are more files now in 1.2).
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@VectorStyler I was able to replicate the issue several times yesterday but today it's working as it should.
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@Boldline Could it be related to some specific panel being open, or docked to the main window.
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@VectorStyler ok I'll keep an eye on it and take note of what panels are open and what is docked if it happens again.
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@VectorStyler said in Panels disappear when VS works in background:
@Boldline Could it be related to some specific panel being open, or docked to the main window.
Thank you for bringing up this possibility because it happened again! When I have only the blend panel docked on the right side but not completely collapsed to icon only, it will hide the whole VS workspace when I click on another application. If I remove the blend panel from the docking position and either shrink it to icon only or pull it free completely, the VS workspace does not hide.
I tested this with some other panels but did not have the same error occur like I did with the blend panelUPDATE: tested this example with the blend panel docked but not icon-only on my laptop and the same issue occurred there as well
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@Boldline Replicated!
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@VectorStyler said in Panels disappear when VS works in background:
@Boldline Replicated!
Awesome!!! Glad you could replicate it
