saved pallet positions

[Phil hunt]

morning

I've saved my preferred pallete positions and have located the file in the user library ok but how do you open this file to get back to the saved pallets saved positions that were created.

many thanks

 

[Pat Stanford]

You don't.  😞

 

Save Palette Positions stores the palette positions in the preferences file. But the position is again stored (using the last settings) when you successfully quit VW.

 

So the only time Save Palette Positions does anything for you is if you use if after rearranging your palettes and then have a crash the prevents VW from saving the preferences file on quit.

 

It would certainly be nice to have multiple different palette setups available.

[Phil hunt]

thank Pat appreciated.....  

[Steven Kenzer]

I've mentioned the app Stay before for this issue. One saves whatever VW pallet positions you want in Stay. Then, if pallets become rearranged, one goes up to the menu bar and clicks "Restore windows" and all pallets return to the original position. On rare occasion, I'll have one pallet remain out of position but that's simple to remedy. All in all, this app is the perfect answer to the pallet position issue that can arise with VW on occasion. Link below:

 

https://cordlessdog.com/stay/

[E|FA]

8 hours ago, Pat Stanford said:

You don't.  😞

There’s a Wishlist post on this somewhere. 

[E|FA]

I'm assuming Stay won't work with docked palettes.  Is that right?

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6 hours ago, Steven Kenzer said:

I've mentioned the app Stay before for this issue. One saves whatever VW pallet positions you want in Stay. Then, if pallets become rearranged, one goes up to the menu bar and clicks "Restore windows" and all pallets return to the original position. On rare occasion, I'll have one pallet remain out of position but that's simple to remedy. All in all, this app is the perfect answer to the pallet position issue that can arise with VW on occasion. Link below:

 

https://cordlessdog.com/stay/

'tis a great pity this is Mac only. VW is the only program I have where this is a problem / has not been addressed in programing as it is neither a bell, nor a whistle.

[Steven Kenzer]

Ohh right....sorry, forgot to mention Stay is Mac only.

 

As for docked palettes.....I just tried and, correct, Stay does not restore docked ones.

 

 

[mbuchan]

It would be nice to have multiple palette positions available, when I go from my desktop monitor to my laptop monitor all my pallets and window get screwed up.