Quick Layers Palette disappears

[Anonymous]

We have two computers in our office running ArchiCAD 9 (2018 USA FULL). From time to time the Quick Layers Palette disappears. The Quicklayers Palette cannot be invoked with our Keyboard Shortcut and it is not shown on the Restarting ArchiCAd Window/Palette Display menu. It is also not available under Options/Work Environment/Palette Schemes or anywhere else that it might normally show up in the Work Environment menus.

Because this is happening on two machines that are independent of each other we think it is a bug in this version of the software.

Please let us know if there is a solution or fix to the problem.
Thank you,
John

[Anonymous]

I was told by Graphisoft that Quicklayers does not automatically re-appear with a new session of ArchiCAD because it is an add-in, albeit integrated into the ArchiCAD interface.
I think that this explains its behaviour

[__archiben]

MikeS wrote:
I was told by Graphisoft that Quicklayers does not automatically re-appear with a new session of ArchiCAD because it is an add-in, albeit integrated into the ArchiCAD interface.
I think that this explains its behaviour

the quicklayers palette isn't a fully fledged member of the WE yet - only its position gets remembered with the palette scheme, not whether or not it's visible.

what you can do is make yourself a dedicated quicklayers 'toolbar'. toolbars are fully fledged members of the WE and (at least on the mac) can be dragged around to act very much like a floating palette. they are slightly smaller but will act the way you want them to . . .

~/archiben

[Bruce]

I have assigned a shortcut for the Quick Layers palette as I find it an invaluable tool whilst modelling. I have used the ALT+` (~) key and it works no problem.

I also have the latest patch for AC9, and sometimes QuickLayers decides it wants to stay, other times it gets lazy - but with the shortcut it's not a headache at all - it pops up right where I left it. It would be nice if I could dock it though.

[kevin b]

So I put this here as it seems related although I'm on 10 now. I set the quick layers palette to show in my WE and it never saves. Whenever I startup AC10 the quick layers palette is gone and even when I apply my WE it is not there, I need to redefine the palette setup which works as long as I keep AC running but as soon as I shut down it resets.

[TomWaltz]

I had that problem in AC9 as well.

I gave up and added a "Quick Layers" drop down button to my Toolbar.

[Anonymous]

I am glad to see that I am not the only one who has been annoyed by this bug. If I feel motivated sometime I will make the toolbar as archiben has suggested. Anyway to transfer custom tool bars between work environments?

[Anonymous]

has anybody looked to see if this problem is fixed in version 10?
John

[kevin b]

It's not, that's why I posted, in fact I never had the problem in 9 but I do in 10.

[Thomas Holm]

kevin wrote:
.. I never had the problem in 9 but I do in 10.

Same here. The bug is reported and confirmed by GS.

[Bruce]

I'm not on 10 yet (soon, very soon) - but I would have that 'problem' in 9 - and my understanding was that it was a floating palette, therefore not subject to the same rules as docked palettes.

I 'fixed' the problem by assigning a hotkey to it (in my case Alt+`) and it would appear where I left it.