Brian_J Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Some of the dialog windows always appears in the center of the screen, no matter where I positioned the window the last time I used it. I believe the intended behavior is for the dialog to open in the position it was last in before being closed. Some of the dialogs experiencing this behavior: Edit Text Style Layer Effects Edit Brush It’s frustrating because the first thing I usually have to do after opening one of the above dialogs is move the window to where I want it. I’m assuming this is a bug — I reported the same issue with the Color Chooser and Text Wrap last year and Mac users advised the dialog opened in the position it was last used. The issue was corrected in Windows (see bug report). There are also other dialogs that do not experience this bug, like the Adjustments dialog. Note: This bug exists in Designer, Photo, and Publisher. Affinity Publisher: 1.10.5 Windows 10 Hardware Acceleration: Off Old Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee_T Posted August 1, 2022 Staff Share Posted August 1, 2022 Hi Brian, I've just tested this on a few windows 10 / 1.10.5 installations of each with and without acceleration and cannot replicate the issue, it may be worth a reinstall of the software or resetting your applications settings (ctrl whilst booting the software, after backing up your personal files). Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_J Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 I reinstalled all the Affinity apps and that didn't fix the issue. Regarding pressing the Ctrl key while booting the software... to make sure I understand, you're advising me to press the Ctrl key while opening each Affinity app? Why is it important to back up my personal files before doing this? Thanks, Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee_T Posted August 2, 2022 Staff Share Posted August 2, 2022 When you hold ctrl and launch Affinity apps, you will be presented with a menu like this: These options erase preferences etc and can help troubleshoot issues like the one you are having, reset studios in particular is the one I'm hoping will resolve your issue. Obviously some of these options are destructive to your saved data such as brushes/presets etc, hence the backup advice. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_J Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 @LeeThorpe Thanks for the info. I performed the Clear User Data action with the default items selected (the first 3, as shown in your screenshot). The issue was not resolved. Is there anything else you suggest I try on my end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_J Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Any additional thoughts about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee_T Posted August 15, 2022 Staff Share Posted August 15, 2022 As above but resetting all of the options after backing up. If this doesn't resolve the issue, removing the software and all of the files/folders in the locations shown here before reinstalling. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_J Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 Doing the following did not fix the issue: Uninstalled Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher Deleted the 'Affinity' folder in AppData/Roaming Restarted computer Reinstalled Affinity apps The dialog windows continue to open in the center of the screen. Is there anything else you suggest I try, or do you think it's an issue with the apps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I realize this is a Windows bug but I want to point out that Opening in the Centre occurs on Mac OS with the Text Styles Edit Dialog, but not the Effects or Brush dialogs. Brian_J 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 21 hours ago, Old Bruce said: I realize this is a Windows bug but I want to point out that Opening in the Centre occurs on Mac OS with the Text Styles Edit Dialog, but not the Effects or Brush dialogs. I believe this is because Edit Text Styles is a modal dialog and must be opened in the centre of the screen while Edit Brush is modeless and opens at the last-used position for user convenience. Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.3 from this forum - expanded 260-page PDF Affinity 2.3.1 for macOS Sonoma 14.3, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_J Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 Do Serif moderators have any additional input about this issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee_T Posted August 31, 2022 Staff Share Posted August 31, 2022 Hi Brian_J, Still looking into this, it's quite tricky without being to replicate in any way over a wide array of hardware. Out of interest do you have any desktop/window management/dual monitor software/wallpaper manager etc software installed? Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_J Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 15 minutes ago, LeeThorpe said: Out of interest do you have any desktop/window management/dual monitor software/wallpaper manager etc software installed? I use two monitors, but I don't have any software installed that supplements Windows settings/functionality. I use Windows 10 to manage everything like the desktop, monitors, wallpaper, etc. Thanks for continuing to investigate. Let me know if you have any other questions. Lee_T 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Just played about a bit and I realized that the dialog is opening in the middle of the screen here on my Mac. Not the middle of the window. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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