IDE windows - Locked in dock lazarus / 9-Editor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicole · 2022-07-18 13:03 I used sucessfully the docking manager for the IDE windows. Unfurtunately I lined up all windows from top to bottom by mistake. Looong lines, narrow windows. How can I bring one of them back so side by side? Are there anywhere designs for downloading? I just want my Delphi-IDE-Layout back.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- af0815 · 2022-07-18 14:30 Quote from: Nicole on July 18, 2022, 03:03:06 pmI used sucessfully the docking manager for the IDE windows. Unfurtunately I lined up all windows from top to bottom by mistake. Looong lines, narrow windows. How can I bring one of them back so side by side? Are there anywhere designs for downloading? I just want my Delphi-IDE-Layout back.... You can delete the docking information or load a backup of your configuration. Yes it is possible to export and import this, but it is a learning curve. BTW, i never use autostore of enviromentoptions. So i can simply close lazarus and all is good. If i change something in the enviroment (eg. docking) i do a manual store. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin_fr · 2022-07-18 14:51 If you have hidden the dock-handles, either in the config, or maybe in the context menu (of docking-tabs, if you have) you can enable them. Then you can drag the dock-handles, and re-arrange everything. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicole · 2022-07-18 18:36 Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately I have no idea, how to unhide this dock-handler. Cannot find it in the search. I searched everywhere. Somehow I must have done it to line up those windows, but I do not know how. btw I find nearly nothing there. I was used to hit F1 on anything and get smart in Delphi. As Lazarus seems in many ways much smarter than Delphi, - how can I do it? (besides the docking problem) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin_fr · 2022-07-18 20:04 https://wiki.freepascal.org/Anchor_Docking#Usage_I._.28Add_docking_sup port_to_the_Lazarus_IDE.29 I haven't gone through the page, but I guess it should have the answer. The image has the "dock handles" highlighted with a red frame. If you drag such a dock handle, the the docked window becomes loose, and can be docked somewhere else. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicole · 2022-07-19 08:42 Thank you so much for the image! I have wondered all the time, what these strange grafics may be! These were docking handles! These were the good news. The bad news: Those docking handles had dissappeared. I could not find them anywhere anymore. I tried all the menues to make them visible. Nothing. I am afraid, I uninstalled the AnchorDocking-thing for the second time.  :'( It is a pity, because I liked this docking. Is there another "better" docking manager? I am afraid not, beause it seems rather hard to write such a thing? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- af0815 · 2022-07-19 11:11 Quote from: Nicole on July 19, 2022, 10:42:20 amI am afraid, I uninstalled the AnchorDocking-thing for the second time.  :'( It is a pity, because I liked this docking. You only need to reset the values. In your lazarus config dir you find a files called enviromentsoptions.xml back this up and go inside of Lazarus , select the splitter and click rigth, the activate 'show header'. Maybe you have mishit this. Edit: It looks like indeed a bug. If you hit this, you will never can go back. Close Lazarus. Open the enviromentsoptions.xml and search for a line with "Settings ShowHeader="False"" remove the ShowHeader="False" or change it to True. After reopen the dockings will be shown. Quote                                                                The SplitterWidth is the size of the splitter, normal = 4 i have changed this to 3 Backup: Go in Lazarus to menu Tools->Desktops... there is a Export Button - use this :-) To avoid unwanted changes. Open the dialog and remove the autosave option. You can always store your changes with Save active desktop as.. and give the same name as before