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Title: Floating windows missing
Post by: crossfireltg on July 20, 2015, 09:50:42 PM

Hello all!
I am using the newest update and last week I was at home and had my laptop set up with a second monitor. I had put the floating windows (Effects, Model preview, house preview, etc.) on the second monitor and saved it as a perspective. I am not at home this week and don't have a second monitor and now I can't find these windows at all... Is there a way to force them to open in the default docked position in the main window.

Thanks all!

Title: Re: Floating windows missing
Post by: kevinp on July 20, 2015, 10:08:25 PM

Open up a sequence and select "view - perspectives - edit/load".  This will bring up the perspective window.  Double click on "default perspective" and that should reset all of the windows back to factory original location.

Title: Re: Floating windows missing
Post by: crossfireltg on July 20, 2015, 10:27:16 PM

Nothing appears to happen. I think that window is opening and closing on the second display still...
I reinstalled the software but it didn't change.

I would think that when there is no external monitor connected that the software would automatically put the floating windows back into the main window?

Thanks

Title: Re: Floating windows missing
Post by: Gilrock on July 20, 2015, 10:37:47 PM

We didn't really write that part of the software.  It's using the AUI tools from wxWidgets.

Try this.  Backup your xlights_rgbeffects.xml file.  Then open it up and delete the entire Perspectives section at the bottom.  It should recreate it to defaults when you reopen the program.

Title: Re: Floating windows missing
Post by: crossfireltg on July 20, 2015, 10:49:17 PM

Oh Thanks Gil!
That solved it. won't do that again... haha

Also, great work on this software. It's amazing!