PL5.1: disappearing palettes

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On my laptop I have my workspace configured to use two floating palette groups in order to make best use of screen space.

In 5.1 (perhaps earlier, too, I’m not sure), when I choose ‘dock to left’ or ‘dock to right’ from the drop-down (arrow) menu at the top-right of either floating palette group, the floating palette group disappears altogether. I can recover the palettes only by going back to the image browser tab in PL and then return to the ‘customize’ tab.

PWG

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I tested this on mine to see what you’re experiencing. I pulled a pallet of the sidebar then chose to send it to the right dock and it seemed to disappear too. Then I clicked the top icons to turn them off and the pallet was at the bottom of stack. Likewise if I sent it to the left. See screenshots.

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Screen Shot 2
I think this is one of the interface quirks that let us ponder life… :blush:

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Tried something …(Win) :slight_smile:

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  • created a new user palette [NEW_1],
    which then docked ‘automatically’ at the bottom RHS
  • filled it with any module
  • pulled the palette out to float in the (main) picture area
  • saved the new workspace [new1]

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  • rearranged the floating palette, added another one
    and after restart of PL it appeared how I left it
  • calling the workspace [new1] turned everything back to the saved state

note:
As long the floating palettes weren’t positioned to far to the right

  • they didn’t dock at the bottom RHS,
  • I could activate the hardcoded buttons at the top RHS
  • or collapse the RHS palettes to the right

– the same at LHS.

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Maybe I haven’t explained this well. I attach a screenshot of the floating palettes I’m using with the Left Palette showing the menu item I’m about to click to “Dock” the palette.

Once I click this item the palette disappears entirely. It does not go the background or dock somewhere else: it just vanishes until

  1. I go back to the PhotoLibrary then choose the Customize tab again, or
  2. I choose one of the ‘standard’ workspaces and then again choose my personalized workspace with the floating palettes (but then they are un-docked again).

This is not the behavior I expected when I chose to dock my own palettes.

PWG

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Agreed.

I move the palettes with my mouse and they will snap in place. Never tried the menu command so far.

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Recently experienced this myself after selecting ‘dock to right’.
Figured I’d made a mistake!

Only way I could retrieve that pallet was going from Advanced to Basic workspace and back again.
Will have to retry with the latest update and see if it’s still misbehaving.