CJ_LAX Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Hello, My toolbar keeps disappearing. I tried several times turning it on and off, it does nothing. Also, is there an option to "float all windows" to be a default preference? Thank you kindly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Mac or Windows? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.2 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, @CJ_LAX. As you mentioned "Float All Windows" which is a Windows-only option, I'll assume you're on Windows. No, there's no way to make that the default. And sorry, I have no idea why View > Show Toolbar wouldn't work. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 There is an option in Preferences > General called... Documents Open in a New Floating Window This may do what you want walt.farrell 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ_LAX Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Sorry, I am using a Mac. I was digging around and saw someone mentioned about "float all windows". Now I see there are 2 preferences, separated mode and merged mode. In separated mode (which I prefer), the toolbar is not visible. I tried fullscreen and windowed- no luck. In the merged or tabbed mode the toolbar appears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ_LAX Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, carl123 said: There is an option in Preferences > General called... Documents Open in a New Floating Window This may do what you want I am not seeing that option, wish I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 It's a Windows option Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 7 hours ago, CJ_LAX said: Now I see there are 2 preferences, separated mode and merged mode. They are not preferences. The first is a display mode & the second ("Merge All Windows") is an action that merges all the open document windows into a single one with tabs, just like in the unseparated window mode, except that all the toolbars & panels are still detached from that single window & thus could be said to 'float.' Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.2 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 16 hours ago, CJ_LAX said: In separated mode (which I prefer), the toolbar is not visible. I tried fullscreen and windowed- no luck. In the merged or tabbed mode the toolbar appears. This is an old bug devs have trouble squishing. Seems only way to handle it now is to start application with control key down and clear user preferences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ_LAX Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Fixx said: This is an old bug devs have trouble squishing. Seems only way to handle it now is to start application with control key down and clear user preferences. Bingo- thanks for that insight Fixx, most appreciated. Fixx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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