Lost Viewport

Fragg1960

This is going to sound really stupid after all the years of using Studio, but I must have accidentally hit a button and my Viewport in my Loading/Creating tab is gone.  It's there in all the other tabs.  How do I get that back or reset it?  This is driving me nuts.  The more options I try the worse I am making my workspace.

Resolved:  Never mind--I must have closed it (never done that--don't know why you would want to).  Just reopened and re-docked.  Dumb option to close it on the Loading/Creating tab if you ask me (how could you load and create without a viewport to see what you are doing)?

Richard Haseltine

It would be difficult to turn a fundamental feature - the ability to close panes - off in one activity for a particular pane. While I am not sure how many scenarios would merit closing the viewport in most layouts or activities (the tabs across the top of the screen, when using certain layouts) the ability is in general very useful, as is the ability to resize the panes (I do use a tiny Viewport in a couple of activities - such as my scripting activity - in which I am not generally likely to do a lot of manipulation).

fastbike1

@Fragg1960

 

What "Loading/Creating tab? There are lots of ways to configure the workspace. Here's a shot of mine (which isn't too modified from one of the built-in choices. It's next to impossible to accidently close the viewport with this one.