Studio windows in different positions

[M911]

This is happening on every instance,  I load up and have to rearrange windows before I can start work.

using the latest version 1.7.1.404,  running win10 x64 home,  this worked in the past and I'm running no unusual hardware.  I checked conflicting programs..  

please let us have a snapshot function.  this would solve so many issues.

[Chris B]

Hey M911,

Do you have multiple monitors? Are the panels docked together or are they floating/grouped together? 

Just to clarify, the moment you updated to 1.7 is when you noticed this started to happen? 

[M911]

yes,  multiple monitors.  some are docked together but all are floating and grouped on secondary monitor.

 

[Chris B]

Ah thanks M911,

I checked with the developers and we've been doing some work on fixing panels so I'm hoping the next beta should address this. 

[PaulEC]

It would be really handy if it was possible to save the panel positions. The settings are obviously stored somewhere, so surely it can't be that difficult to enable saving them.

[M911]

Thanks Chris,  the panels have minds of their own it seems,  I've found it's a lot more than just not remembering positions,  they restore to unpredictable sizes,  and when you attempt to move them they will snap to a another unpredictable size,  sometimes the height of the panels stretches out to twice the height of my monitor for a super long window that I have to adjust from the top down a couple times before its borders are all back on a single height monitor.  If the panels have multiple groups like you see in my pic then changes made to one doesn't affect the other and when you straighten the second one out the first one reverts back to being wrong again.  it's completely maddening.

please urge a simple snapshot feature or a way of saving each window position manually by way of screen coordinates.  i.e.  Swatches restores to 1920x0 and it's dimensions are 377 x 444 (for example).  I hope this will get prioritized or that there will be a quick patch for this.

I'm going to attempt a "restore window positions" script today using AutoIt.  I hope it works because I just can't be restoring my layout on every single instance. 

 

[Chris B]

I'm pretty sure what you've described here should be fixed in the next beta @M911. Please keep your eyes peeled in the beta forum. As you're being affected by this I'd certainly appreciate you installing it.

@PaulEC - this has been a feature request from the very beginning of development for the apps. 

[PaulEC]

1 hour ago, Chris B said:

this has been a feature request from the very beginning of development for the apps.

I know it has! Just thought I'd mention it again!

[Chris B]

1 hour ago, PaulEC said:

I know it has! Just thought I'd mention it again!

Why not!  

[M911]

the panels don't obey my scripting commands    in autoit or ahk...  possibly I'm not a good enough script writer...  I'll do my best to not convey my frustration again...  perhaps I just failed at that too.  this is just not the way you guys are supposed to be 'killin it'.  

[Chris B]

On 6/28/2019 at 3:22 AM, M911 said:

the panels don't obey my scripting commands    in autoit or ahk...  possibly I'm not a good enough script writer...  I'll do my best to not convey my frustration again...  perhaps I just failed at that too.  this is just not the way you guys are supposed to be 'killin it'.  

Have you tried the latest customer beta to see if that fixes your issue? Be aware that it is a beta build though...