Docked panels do not restore when multi instances is used

[Mikael Willberg]

I think there is a bug where Docked panels do not restore when multi instances is used. All versions mentioned here are portable ones and saving settings works ok.

• Clean installation and settings
• Set preferences / Multi Instance = Always in multi-instance mode
• View / Function List = Enable

Launch 8.1.9 exe

• Application windows opens and function list is visible
• Keep application open

Launch 8.1.9 exe again

• Application window opens and fuction list is not visible

The last version in which this works ok is 7.9.1 so I suspect that the fix 8005 for 7.9.2 has broken this functionality:

Folder as Workspace panel opened even with “-nosession” #8005

I want to have the “document list” visible, but “function list” is used in this example as the settings is in the same place across versions.

[PeterJones]

@mikael-willberg ,

There is still an open issue about that: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/9710

You might want to add your information to that as well.

[Mikael Willberg]

@peterjones Done, added this same info to issue 9710.