Major Docking Problem

Douglass-Ray wrote on 10/16/2024, 3:25 PM

I have used Vegas Pro daily for six years, and never had this problem. I’ve always understood window docking procedures - to keep from docking a window while dragging, hold Cntrl key; – To undock a window, hold cntrl key and drag. Yes – simple.

BUT – suddenly, for the first time, when I open a clip’s Pan/Crop widow

(1) it immediately locks to the top of the main screen (previous it opened free-floating, so could be dragged to any screen)

(2) and –it cannot be moved. Holding Cntrl and trying to drag the window does nothing

(3) and – worst of all - the window can’t even be closed!

The same problem when I click the clip’s fx icon – selection window locks to the top of the screen, blocking it, and cannot be moved or closed with the ‘x” icon on its top bar.

I’ve made no changes to settings – but I can’t imagine there’s any setting that effectively disables Vegas quite so well!.

Thanks for any help.

Vegas 19, updated 7-5-24; Build 651

Windows 10 Pro

CPU: Intel i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20 GHz

RAM: 32 GB

Motherboard: MAXIMUS IX HERO

Graphics Card: - Radeon RX580 8 GB 2048 SP

Sound: VA2246 Series-0 (NVIDIA)

Comments

jetdv wrote on 10/16/2024, 4:20 PM

Try this:

DO NOT hold down the CTRL key
Click on the tab and drag away from the tabbed area.

Douglass-Ray wrote on 10/16/2024, 5:40 PM

That would be logical -- but unfortunately, it doesn't work. I've just noticed that, if I expand and fx window slightly horizontally, it detaches and CAN be moved away from the main screen. But expanding the Pan/Crop window only expands it -- which only further blocks the main screen -- it remains locked to the top of the screen, and can't be moved.

jetdv wrote on 10/16/2024, 8:49 PM

The function of the CTRL key changed. You used to have to hold it to not dock. Now you have to hold it to dock. I did test the procedure above with the Track Motion window - I docked it holding down the CTRL key and then undocked it by dragging the tab away and NOT holding down the CTRL key.

Douglass-Ray wrote on 10/17/2024, 3:55 PM

Unfortunately, for me it doesn't work either way. -- neither holding cntrl or not. The crazy thing is that simply opening either the Pan/Crop or an FX window immediately and automatically docks it to the top of the screen - and nothing will move it. Before this week, opening one of these windows always created a floating window that I could dock or not dock at will. (As I said above, I discovered yesterday that I CAN move an FX window by first widening it slightly. But even this doesn't work with the Pan/Crop window.

jetdv wrote on 10/17/2024, 4:15 PM

@Douglass-Ray, I'd try this next:

http://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-can-i-reset-vegas-pro-to-default-settings--104646/

Douglass-Ray wrote on 10/19/2024, 6:47 PM

Thank you -- I'll try

Howard-Vigorita wrote on 10/20/2024, 2:37 PM

Normally I just grab a tab at the bottom of a docked window and drag it to undock. But I just tried to confuse vp19. Managed to do it by holding the left-button down on the tab and also pointing to it on my touch-sensitive screen at the same time with my finger. Locked up all the tabs. Sounds similar to what's described. The top menu selections still worked, however. So I went to View, Window Layouts and re-selected my layout and that unlocked the tabs. Same weirdness in vp22, btw.

Douglass-Ray wrote on 10/21/2024, 1:52 PM

I did the same -- but clearly my custom layout had been corrupted, so I went to the default layout, made my changes for a new custom, and saved. Then, in the new layout, I opened the Pan-Crop window. Perfect -- floating, no automatic locking (so no unlockable or unclosable window problem). But the auto locking problem persisted when opening an FX window. As before, it locked to the top of the screen so that the FX window's top control menu (including the close icon) were hidden above the main screen. However, as I'd previously discovered (above), the work-around still worked -- to slightly expand the small FX window horizontally. This makes the window pop down into full view and makes it floating. (I'd previously tried every other possible way to move it before discovering this.)

But the interesting part: Now, most of the time, the error happens only when opening a clip FX window for the first time in a newly-opened project. About 3/4 of the time, all other clip FX windows in that project open normally.-- until that project is closed and opened again. Again, the FX window automatically locks hard, and subsequent FX windows malfunction randomly. I can live with it -- but it's kind of crazy.

Douglass-Ray wrote on 10/21/2024, 1:54 PM

Clarification of previous: Last sentence should read "Again, the FIRST FX window automatically locks hard, and subsequent FX windows malfunction randomly. I can live with it -- but it's kind of crazy."