KipV 115 Posted June 23, 2017 I needed to go into separated mode today and was surprised to find that I couldn't get back to the normal view later. If I select merge under the window menu the checkmark remains on separated mode. Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug? I don't use separated mode enough to know if this behavior is unusual. Seems like it should just snap back into the view that is just windows in front of a blank background rather then seeing all my other app windows behind me. https://www.pinterest.com/kipvdesign/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KipV 115 Posted June 27, 2017 I didn't realize that clicking "separated mode" again would bring all the panels back together. It took me a couple of days to figure that out. I thought that merge and seperate where two opposing functions. 1 Patrick Connor reacted to this https://www.pinterest.com/kipvdesign/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IdahoSAM 1 Posted September 2, 2017 I also had this same issue, though it didn't take me days to figure it out thanks to the post by KipV. 1 KipV reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nosillacast 0 Posted October 5, 2018 Oh good grief! That fixed my problem but what a DUMB interface to have to do that! Why the heck doesn't "merge all windows" put us back whole? Thanks KipV for sharing the answer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R C-R 3,237 Posted October 5, 2018 26 minutes ago, nosillacast said: Why the heck doesn't "merge all windows" put us back whole? If by "back whole" you mean normal, non-separated windows node, it is because Merge All Windows & the separated/normal window view mode do two different things. When you are in normal window view mode, all open documents share one workspace window; they are in separate tabs & you can switch between them by clicking on their tabs. For this reason Merge All Windows is disabled because there is just one workspace window. When you are in Separated Mode on a Mac, each document can have its own individual workspace window. Merge All Windows is enabled in Separated Mode so you can quickly merge all open document windows into one tabbed workspace window, similar to normal window mode (except that the toolbars remain floating instead of being attached to the workspace window in normal window view mode). Affinity Photo 1.7.2, Affinity Designer 1.7.2, Affinity Publisher 1.7.2; macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 iMac (27-inch, Late 2012); 2.9GHz i5 CPU; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M; 8GB RAMAffinity Photo 1.7.2.153 & Affinity Designer 1.7.2.6 for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iOS 12.3.1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nosillacast 0 Posted November 13, 2018 Sorry I missed this response - great explanation R C-R. Appreciate you taking the time to clarify things for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
