Panel setup is lost on exit/restart

[vitya]

Is it possible to make the changes in window/panel layout persistent? I’d like to have the project panel in the upper half and the Properties panel underneath. The default in 9.0 is the other way around. I am able to change it, but it reverts to the default after restart.

This is not a huge issue for me, but would be nice…

This is my env:

Application: KiCad Schematic Editor x64 on x64
Version: 9.0.1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.2.6
    FreeType 2.13.3
    HarfBuzz 10.2.0
    FontConfig 2.15.0
    libcurl/8.11.1-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3.1
Platform: Windows 11 (build 26100), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
OpenGL: NVIDIA Corporation, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2, 4.6.0 NVIDIA 566.14
Build Info:
    Date: Mar 30 2025 01:11:30
    wxWidgets: 3.2.6 (wchar_t,wx containers)
    Boost: 1.86.0
    OCC: 7.8.1
    Curl: 8.11.1-DEV
    ngspice: 44
    Compiler: Visual C++ 1942 without C++ ABI
    KICAD_IPC_API=ON
Locale: 
    Lang: en_IE
    Enc: UTF-8
    Num: 1,234.5
    Encoded кΩ丈: D0BACEA9E4B888 (sys), D0BACEA9E4B888 (utf8)

[bidrohini]

Sometimes floating the panel first (right-click > Float), then re-docking it in the desired order may trick the layout manager into saving it.

[vitya]

Hmmm, where do you right-click? I don’t seem to have a right-click menu anywhere on the panels…

[RaptorUK]

@vitya

Is it possible to make the changes in window/panel layout persistent?

Have a read of this thread:

Undocking and re-docking panels . .

Yes, the feature that enables these panels in wxWidgets is pretty basic and doesn’t make it possible for us to prevent this kind of thing. We had discussed disabling docking/undocking overall until this is improved, but decided that letting people do a thing that in some cases may be useful and in some cases can cause UI bugs is maybe better than not letting them do the thing at all.

[vitya]

Just did, I can dock/undock panels by dragging them, I can do almost everything, except for what I want to do It won’t remember the layout after restart…
Never mind, it’s not a dealbreaker for me!

[RaptorUK]

@vitya

It won’t remember the layout after restart…

I suspect that is by design as a way of coping with some of the limitations of wxWidgets