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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: abcoates on June 09, 2006, 03:00:45 am
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I've lost my EA properties pane [build 790]. I may had accidentally dragged it somewhere (off-screen?), but it isn't there now. It's selected in the "View" menu, but it won't let me deselect it. Nothing I've tried has restored it. Anyone have any suggestions? Or should I just re-install EA? Thanks a lot in advance for any help,
Cheers, Tony.
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I'd first increase the screen density (even if lower colours) in the hope of actually finding the pane.
Unfortunately EA's unique interface doesn't present the usual Windows interface of [Alt-Space] providing access to the Window mini-menu that includes the Move capability. You might have been able use this to attempt to bring the pane back into view using arrow keys...
HTH,
Paolo
[Edit: [Alt-e] amended to [Alt-Space] above - Simon's later post will no longer make sense - aonther window must have popped up while typng and the spell checker didn't pick up the error]
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I'd try resetting the layout to the default. (View | Visual Layouts | Default Layout) That usually fixes layout issues. Re-installing is unlikely to work unless you're also upgrading to a version that includes new docked windows.
By the way Paolo, [Alt-e] does the same thing in EA as just about every other windows program I can think of, open the edit menu. I can't think of any standard for opening a mini-menu for dockable windows, via keyboard or not.
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does the same thing in EA as just about every other windows program I can think of, open the edit menu. I can't think of any standard for opening a mini-menu for dockable windows, via keyboard or not.
Apologies, Simon, I've corrected the error in my original post, it should have read [Alt-Space] not [Alt-e]. Your point that there is no standard, is taken, but since EA doesn't implement [ALT-Space], there's not much pointing asking about the interior windows.
I would argue that each undocked window should be able to be moved with the windows movement keys. In fact, the [Alt-Space] standard should include the Home key moving the top left of the windows to the top left of the screen so it would return the window to a known place.
Paolo