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    Hugh Weaver @Hugh Weaver
    last edited by Mar 25, 2023, 11:24 PM

    @Hugh-Weaver I was using version 8.4 something and have now upgraded to 8.5.1 but the behaviour is still the same.

    Perhaps I should go back a few versions.

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      Hugh Weaver @Alan Kilborn
      last edited by Hugh Weaver Mar 26, 2023, 2:02 AM Mar 25, 2023, 11:39 PM

      @Alan-Kilborn There’s nothing docked at the left of the main page. The default new document extends all the way to the left edge of the main screen.

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        Lycan Thrope @Hugh Weaver
        last edited by Lycan Thrope Mar 26, 2023, 12:54 AM Mar 26, 2023, 12:53 AM

        @Hugh-Weaver ,
        @Alan-Kilborn is right. You have to move it to the far left, almost trying to make it go off the left side of the screen…then the ghost frame should show itself, and when it does, you let go of the mouse. There is in these newsgroups, and I should find it, a movie recording of what you’ll see when you do it.
        However, there is a text and picture version here.

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          Hugh Weaver @Lycan Thrope
          last edited by Mar 26, 2023, 1:45 AM

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            Hugh Weaver @Lycan Thrope
            last edited by Mar 26, 2023, 1:54 AM

            @Lycan-Thrope Thanks for your response, and, as you say, that is what is supposed to happen, and that is the first thing I tried but it doesn’t work. I can move the FaW window around all over the place and the only place that the ghost rectangle appears is at the top of the window.
            Interestingly I just tested and also have the same issue with the Project Panels. I clicked on View, Project Panels, Project Panel 1 and it appeared docked to the left. I then dragged it away from the left hand dock to make it float and now the only place it will dock is to the top.

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              Hugh Weaver @Hugh Weaver
              last edited by Mar 26, 2023, 2:00 AM

              @Hugh-Weaver Actually it applies to every dockable window eg, Document Map etc. That first appeared to the right. After undocking it now will only go back to the top. Very frustrating!

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                rdipardo @Hugh Weaver
                last edited by rdipardo Mar 26, 2023, 4:11 AM Mar 26, 2023, 3:07 AM

                @Hugh-Weaver,

                Actually it applies to every dockable window eg, Document Map etc. That first appeared to the right. After undocking it now will only go back to the top. Very frustrating!

                The hidden “docking manager” feature saves the position and geometry of docked or floating panels. (Actually, the NPPM_DMMREGASDCKDLG plugin API does, but most of the inbuilt “plugins” like Folder as Workspace call the API with no option to turn it off; see Notepad++::InternalFunction below.)

                • Find N++'s config.xml file:

                  • (system-wide installation) %AppData%\Notepad++\config.xml
                  • (portable) $(Npp_directory)\config.xml
                • Edit/delete everything under the path /NotepadPlus/GUIConfigs/GUIConfig[@name='DockingManager'], e.g.
                <!-- %APPDATA%\Notepad++\config.xml -->
                <NotepadPlus>
                    <GUIConfigs>
                        <!-- . .  . -->
                        <GUIConfig name="DockingManager" leftWidth="200" rightWidth="200" topHeight="200" bottomHeight="200">
                            <PluginDlg pluginName="Notepad++::InternalFunction" id="0" curr="3" prev="-1" isVisible="yes" />
                            <PluginDlg pluginName="Notepad++::InternalFunction" id="44084" curr="1" prev="-1" isVisible="no" />
                            <PluginDlg pluginName="Notepad++::InternalFunction" id="44085" curr="0" prev="-1" isVisible="no" />
                            <PluginDlg pluginName="NppMarkdownPanel" id="1" curr="1" prev="-1" isVisible="yes" />
                            <PluginDlg pluginName="JSMinNPP.dll" id="0" curr="0" prev="-1" isVisible="yes" />
                            <PluginDlg pluginName="dbgpPlugin.dll" id="0" curr="3" prev="-1" isVisible="no" />
                            <ActiveTabs cont="0" activeTab="0" />
                            <ActiveTabs cont="1" activeTab="-1" />
                            <ActiveTabs cont="2" activeTab="-1" />
                            <ActiveTabs cont="3" activeTab="-1" />
                        </GUIConfig>
                    </GUIConfigs>
                </NotepadPlus>
                

                P.S. the topic of “resetting” floating/docked panels by purging the docking manger’s cached data was discussed in greater detail here: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/83660

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                  Hugh Weaver @rdipardo
                  last edited by Mar 26, 2023, 6:08 AM

                  @rdipardo Wow, that worked! Took me a while to understand what I was supposed to do but it works!

                  Thanks very much

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                    Lycan Thrope @rdipardo
                    last edited by Mar 26, 2023, 7:09 PM

                    @rdipardo ,
                    Good info. I don’t see why people have so much trouble with it, when I can do it back and forth. The only thing I couldn’t do, is get it to show the rectangle as I was moving it around in OBS Studio…while recording to show make a video for doing this, but then again, I’m new to that program for trying to show things so…regardless, thanks for the info and help on this

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                      Jim Fortune @rdipardo
                      last edited by Aug 9, 2024, 11:13 PM

                      @rdipardo This is still happening in 2024, and the solution still works. One note; The entry starting with ‘<GUIConfig name=“DockingManager” …’ and ending with ‘</GUIConfig>’ should all be deleted, not just the lines between them. Thanks for the help. I was tearing out what little hair I have left!

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