Unable to show panels (layers, etc.)

[Chris789]

I was working between multiple applications. When I came back to Affinity Photo 2, all I saw was the file I was working on and the rulers. No tools, statusbar, etc. I managed to bring most of it back via the "View" menu. But I cannot reactivate the panels. What I tried so far: restart Affinity, reboot the machine, etc. The app is pretty much unusuable like this.

My environment: M1 Macbook, MacOS Ventura 13.1 (22C65), Affinity Photo 2.0.4

[R C-R]

Tab key?

[walt.farrell]

It would help to see the menu item above the panels list, which in English would be Window > Studio.

[MikeTO]

I believe R C-R is correct. This is what the macOS version looks like when the user interface is hidden, the studio panel names are all grey in the menu.

So Chris, please try pressing Tab. It's the shortcut for turning the user interface on and off to give yourself more room to see your document.

[Chris789]

So, this is what my Studio menu looked like. I have no clue what it does and I've never used it so far.

Anyhow, I clicked "Studio zurücksetzen" (reset) and my UI looks as expected again!

Thanks everybody for chiming in!

[walt.farrell]

4 hours ago, Chris789 said:

this is what my Studio menu looked like. I have no clue what it does and I've never used it so far.

In that screenshot, you have "Hide Studio" selected. You either manually selected that at some point, or pressed Shift+Cmd+H (its shortcut), or it's a holdover from your having pressed Tab (the short for Toggle UI) as @R C-R suggested.

To recover, all you needed to do was untick that option, or press Shift+Cmd+H again, or press Tab again. Ideally, if it was Tab that caused it, you would just press it again before starting to manually restore View items, as that's much simpler  

[Chris789]

Thank you for clarifying, @walt.farrell!

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome