Re: Octave Gui, inaccessible editor with multiple monitors

[PhilipNienhuis]

NJank wrote
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Mike Miller <

> mtmiller@

> > wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 13:17:04 -0500, Nicholas Jankowski wrote:
>> > Just ran into this last night. not sure if there's a good workaround:
>> >
>> > At work I run Octave on a laptop with a docking station and a 2-screen
>> > setup.  Working yesterday, I had the main Octave GUI on the main screen
>> and
>> > the editor undocked over on the second monitor.  closed octave,
>> undocked
>> > the laptop, went home.
>> >
>> > Opened up Octave later with just the laptop screen, and couldn't find
>> or
>> > get to the editor window. I selected the Reset Default Window Layout
>> > option, and the editor reappeared as a Tab behind the command window.
>> > Undocking it again, it went back to the same unreachable off-screen
>> > position. Came back into work again this morning, undock the editor,
>> > grabbed it from the second screen and moved it back to the first one.
>> >
>> > can avoid it now, but is this an issue with the Octave GUI or just
>> > unavoidable when shutting down/reopening with different monitor
>> > configurations?
>>
>> Have you tried undocking the editor by dragging its title bar (the
>> horizontal area labeled "Editor")? I can reproduce your scenario in
>> Gnome by using the dock/undock icons (except that the editor is moved
>> back to a primary desktop after I unplug the secondary monitor), but
>> dragging the editor window by its title bar undocks it and lets the
>> mouse place it anywhere.
>>
>> --
>> mike
>>
> 
> Sorry, first point I left out, I'm running Windows 7.  So this could be
> unique to how Windows handles things.
> 
> In Windows, you cannot remove the editor from the main GUI by dragging.  I
> think this was brought up in another thread. dragging will change it's
> position in the main GUI window, but if you drag it outside of the main
> window it just snaps back after releasing the mouse button. The only way
> to
> get it outside the main window is with the Undock Widget button.

Looks like your only option is to delete the qt-settings file in your
%USERPROFILE%\.config directory.

I have a backup of that file from some working window layout with some
undocked panes & my favorite settings.

Philip



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