Save Dialogue Box Issue

[Alex M]

Hey,

 

This is kind of a silly problem, but it's driving me crazy. The "Save" and "Open" dialogue boxes seem to keep getting wider, which requires me to pull it across the screen to select a folder and then name the file and then save it. I know where the resizing handles should be for the box, but they don't seem to be working.

 

Any idea what this could be?

 

Alex

[zoomer]

This was a problem with VW 2021 and macOS 12 Monterey.

 

It was fixed in SP5.

So you just need to Update VW.

[Jeremy Best]

One proven fix: I've encountered two users with this same problem, but only one was using Vectorworks 2021 (SP4), the other user was using Vectorworks 2022 SP2. The confirmed solution for both of them was to delete a particular 'property list file (.plist) used by Vectorworks software; 'net.nemetschek.vectorworks.plist' which is found in ~/Library/Preferences.

 

How: In Finder, open the 'Go' menu and choose 'Go to Folder…', then type or copy/paste this in: ~/Library/Preferences and click 'Go.' Locate file net.nemetschek.vectorworks.plist and delete it. Be sure to differentiate this file from other similarly-named .plist files. There's no need to delete any others to fix this condition. 

 

More: The following more specific info could be important to be aware of: 

• Both users were on macOS 12 (Monterey). 
• Both experienced this issue after upgrading to macOS 12 / Monterey. 
• One of the users said some of their other applications had the same symptom, so in his case at least it seems more likely that these files were corrupted or became incompatible as a result of the operating system upgrade process. 
• The other user had no such issue with other applications. 

[Elite Exhibits]

Big thanks to Jeremy Best

 

Stumbled into your net.nemetschek.vectorworks.plist and delete it solution and it works great - Even with VW 2020 for those who are living with such a situation

 

Thanks

 

Peter