Quick Layers Palette ... wont stick with WE

[owen]

I am having a problem getting the Quick Layers palette to stick with my Work Environments. It is saved with both of the WE's I use but whenever I start AC or switch between the two this palette always turns itself off - every other palette is fine

I had the same problem in v9 but couldn't be bothered posting about it but ive finally had enough of it. Any ideas why this one is being so stubborn?

[Link]

According to Graphisoft terminology, the Quick Layers palette is not officially a palette. So it's visibility is not stored with a Palette Scheme.

Neither is Element Information or Selections, and possibly Status bar (on a Mac). The items under the line at the bottom of the Window>Palettes menu.

Other things like Profile Manager, Solid Element Operations, etc, also aren't included in the Palette Scheme.

Crazy, but true!

Cheers,
Link.

[owen]

jeez .. palettes that aren't palettes

cheers. i suspected some crazy logic like that but i had my fingers crossed

[__archiben]

Link wrote:
So it's visibility is not stored with a Palette Scheme.

. . . but it's position is. more crazy graphisoft logic.

what you can do, and what i do myself, is add the quicklayers commands to a toolbar (or create a toolbar specifically for them). toolbars are saved fully into the palettes scheme in the work environment. the buttons on a toolbar are slightly smaller than on the quicklayers palette-that-isn't, but you soon get used to it . . .

~/archiben

[owen]

~/archiben wrote:

Link wrote:
So it's visibility is not stored with a Palette Scheme.

. . . but it's position is. more crazy graphisoft logic.

yeah i had noticed the hole it left ... well i guess they cant be expected to remember everything right

~/archiben wrote:
what you can do, and what i do myself, is add the quicklayers commands to a toolbar (or create a toolbar specifically for them). toolbars are saved fully into the palettes scheme in the work environment. the buttons on a toolbar are slightly smaller than on the quicklayers palette-that-isn't, but you soon get used to it . . .

done ... thanks for the tip!

[Anonymous]

Hello,

It is necessary to do the same with the palette "active layer", but I do not find the way to do it.

Greetings,
Gabriel.

[Link]

It is necessary to do the same with the palette "active layer", but I do not find the way to do it.

This may help...

Cheers,
Link.

[Anonymous]

Link thanks. The solution that you propose activates the palette, but there is no form to place the 2 buttons of the palette like icons.

Greetings,
Gabriel.

[Link]

Nope - no such luck I'm afraid.

Cheers,
Link.

[Dave Jochum]

Link wrote:
According to Graphisoft terminology, the Quick Layers palette is not officially a palette. So it's visibility is not stored with a Palette Scheme...Crazy, but true!

Still the case with 13. Can someone from GS explain this?? How can this be either so tough to program or just ignored all these years? Ditto for Element Info and the others. Good grief.