sforrest Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 i always have my palettes floating on the left side of my screen, and while working i inadvertently minimized the 'basic' tool palette. now i can't get it to stay permanently open anymore. it only opens when my mouse hovers over the gray bar, but collapses again when i move my cursor away from the palette. i found this post from last year where another user was having the same problem: https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/topic/70353-preference-to-keep-resource-pallet-open-vwrw-2020/ the minus sign on the gray bar of my palette DOES NOT toggle back and forth between + and -. no matter what i do, there's only ever a minus sign. under palette options, auto hide floating palettes is unchecked. it's driving me crazy, as i use the basic tool palette often enough to want it to stay open permanently. please help!! ps: using VW 2018 Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Click on the Pin (Windows right top of palette, to the left of the X to close the palette) or the Minus (Mac top left of the palette to the right of the X to close the palette) to switch from auto minimizing to always open. Search "Palette Display Options" in the help for more info. Quote Link to comment
sforrest Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) Pat, Thank you for your reply. I already read all about palette display options before originally posting, and for some reason my Basic palette does not have a plus sign to click on to keep it permanently open. There's only a minus sign, and clicking on it only expands or opens the palette. It never changes to a plus sign, and the palette always collapses again after I move my cursor away from it. Could this be some sort of bug? Edited January 17, 2021 by sforrest Quote Link to comment
Andy Broomell Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 It sounds like you're doing the right thing. I've encountered something perhaps related when I minimize my Attributes Palette, where sometimes I have to click 5-10 times on the minus for it to properly switch to a plus. It's buggy, but also intermittent... What happens if you switch to a different workspace (Tools>Workspaces) then back to the one you're using, then try clicking the minus again? 1 Quote Link to comment
sforrest Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 Hi Andy, Thanks for weighing in. I tried your first suggestion and clicked on the minus sign repeatedly, like 50 times. Nothing. Then I switched workspaces like you suggested and that worked!! My Basic tool palette shows the plus sign now and is permanently expanded. Must be a bug, but at least this solution worked. Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment
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