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OK. I'm out of here now. The developers will know what to do and what's possible on macOS. I hope to see some fix for my problem not seeing that the document was already open, because it's window was shown on the monitor, that's not available.

Again: The way to detect and react when external displays are disconnected is NOT the topic here. When starting an app it has to check if the monitor it has seen last time, is still connected. If not, as in my case, it has to display every window on the screen that's available. If one have a complex setup of many monitors and arranges the windows all around them, then affinity has a solution (in my opinion) to store those arrangements in a setting and that can easily be restored. And this have to be done in rare cases, where the monitor setup changes during work. If one has the same monitor and window setup every time the app starts, it'll be just fine.

Hi NathanC: Thank you! That's what really helps and good to know, that it's already be addressed by the team. And i've a workaround now. Kind regards

When disconnecting a display that has open windows on it from a mac device, the window will automatically be transferred to the remaining display and resizes there. At this moment i'm using Teams, Mail, Calendar, Remote Desktop, Safari and our company's communication app on my external display attached to the macBook. If i disconnect the external display, every app moves their windows to the macBook's internal screen. And if i connect the external display again, every window of the app moves back to the external display. That's what i expect and that's how it worked ever since at least macOS X. But this is not, what i consider as a bug. The problem we've to discuss with Serif is: Why did their apps try to open windows on a device that's not available at the moment the app starts. That's why i accidentally thought, that the files won't open. Of course they opened, but on a display, that's not connected, so i can not see the open file's window. I'm using macs for more than 35 years now and have never seen an app that positions it's main window on a display that's not available. That's a bug and have to be addressed by serif.

My original post state that i'm using macOS. I don't care how to do anything on windows. This behavior is not correct on macOS and should be addressed and fixed by the developers of affinity.

In case of using a big monitor on a laptop i totally disagree. When just using the laptop in case of mobile working, how would i get to my windows? I've never seen an app before i posted this here, that's not showing every window on the remaining screen in case the second screen is not attached.

I see, what's the problem. On the ventura system i normally use a second screen where the main windows from the affinity apps are located. Yesterday that monitor was not available. It seems that affinity programs moves the main window on the second screen when starting, even if that screen is not attached and/or available. It should check how many monitors are available and attached and if there's only one, it should move the windows to that screen only. I hope you get, what i mean. Kind regards.

I'm having the same problem with publisher and i'm even not able to create a new document neither in designer nor publisher on the ventura machine. I can chose a file from a template, but after clicking on "create" the main window does not open in both apps. Is there a compatibility issue with v2 apps (latest version) on intel macs with ventura?

OK. The file can not be opened on the ventura machine by downloading it from the post above. Something is wrong with affinity designer on ventura. regards

Here's the file. I uploaded it here from the desktop, so i can check, if i can download it on the ventura machine from here and try to open it. Will report if this works. Kind regards Puzzle.afdesign

I'm not using sonoma to open the file. The file does not open on Ventura although created with sonoma and stored on icloud. The file is completely uploaded to iCloud and synched. I tried to copy it to the Desktop on the Ventura machine and open it from there and the file could still not be opened in designer. I'm now back on my sonoma machine and can open the file in designer from icloud just fine. I tried to save the file to dropbox and it won't open on the ventura mac from there, too. regards

I created a file with designer version 2.2.1 on macOS Sonoma on an M1 mac Mini. I tried to open that file with designer 2.2.1 on a macBook Pro on Ventura. The file won't open. It's a very simple design (a puzzle with some numbers on each tile). I also can not open the exported pdf on the mac Book. I didn't get any warning or errors. The files just won't open. What could be wrong? How can i contribute some logfiles or else? Kind rergards

Seems to be related. Thanks

Create a new file Use stock panel Search for whatever (must get a lot of results) Drag one stock image to canvas Scroll quickly thru the results (looking for other options) The application will crash Mac Mini Apple M1, 16GB, Sonoma 14.0 (23A344), Affinity Photo 2.2.1

That's what's needed for database publishing. With a hidden textmark you tell the layout-programm what's to be inserted from the database. With that it'll be possible to update your final layout with the information from the database e.g. update the price information just before the final output (e.g. for printing). The layout program has to know what information the visible text is and to which database row and field it belongs. So this information is stored in hidden text marks so that it does not affect your visible layout. This is essential for database publishing features and an api. Hope it's getting clearer now. Kind regards