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bizarre: navigator window disappears when I click on drawing

Anonymous
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Hello, I'm on an Intel Mac running Acad 10 updated. Bizarre, when I click anywhere on my drawing, the Navigator Window disappears. I cannot figure out how to prevent this from happening. Anyone heard of this?
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Stress Co_
Advisor
If you were using AC9...I'd say it was this.
In 10 ... no guess.
Marc Corney, Architect
Red Canoe Architecture, P. A.

Mac OS 10.15.7 (Catalina) //// Mac OS 14.5 (Sonoma)
Processor: 3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 //// Apple M2 Max
Memory: 48 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 //// 32 GB
Graphics: Radeon Pro 580X 8GB //// 12C CPU, 30C GPU
ArchiCAD 25 (5010 USA Full) //// ArchiCAD 27 (4030 USA Full)
Anonymous
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Seems like exactly the same problem, but in 10 there is no pin button (as you know). Couldn't find a similar type button. Strange...
Anonymous
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Just got this from support,

From the navigator menu, do you have selected the autohide function? This menu can be accessed by right clicking in the navigator window. If this function is set and the window is not docked, it will disappear when clicking on something else.
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Graphisoft Partner
Graphisoft Partner
nigelall wrote:
Just got this from support,

From the navigator menu, do you have selected the autohide function? This menu can be accessed by right clicking in the navigator window. If this function is set and the window is not docked, it will disappear when clicking on something else.
That's exactly it. The Navigator and the Organizer have autohide capabilities. Just right click anywhere on them, (except inside the pane) and it will be at the top of the context menu. The autohide icon may be confusing, but according to Graphisoft the autohide button is a "command" button, therefore it shows what will happen (but the rest of the buttons in the context menu are "status" buttons, which show what is happening right now).

Cheers,
Link.
Anonymous
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you guys are geniuses, just tried it and it works. Must have somehow right clicked on it at some point and selected the autohide without really seeing it. Didn't even know you could right click on the palette and have options. Thanks a ton, needless to say this was bugging me!