Finding a Missing Window
So you find yourself suddenly missing a window, perhaps inventory, or chat, or the edit window… How to find it?
- Close all other windows, to make sure it isn't hiding under one of them.
- Hide the chat bar: Preferences→ Chat -> Typing→ Autohide main chatbar to see if the window is under there.
- Compress all the buttons on the bottom toolbar to the right.
Alternately, drag the toolbar buttons from their present location onto another toolbar;
(Reminder: there are three available toolbars: bottom of the screen, right side, and left side. Buttons are dragged by left clicking, holding the left mouse button down, and dragging.)
- Try to ensure that the missing window is closed. Then open Debug Settings via the Advanced menu (press Ctrl-Alt-D to enable Advanced, if it isn't already). Then locate the pair values for the default window position, for the window that is “missing”. Consult the table below for the names of these settings. Set both values to 0 (zero), then relog.
- If you are on Firestorm version 4.7.1, this only occurs on the Vintage and Latency skins. Use one of the other skins to avoid this issue. Preferences→ Skins
| Window | Settings names | |
|---|---|---|
| Appearance | floater_pos_appearance_x | floater_pos_appearance_y |
| Area Search | floater_pos_area_search_x | floater_pos_area_search_y |
| Avatar | floater_pos_avatar_x | floater_pos_avatar_y |
| Build/Edit | floater_pos_build_x | floater_pos_build_y |
| Contacts | floater_pos_imcontacts_x | floater_pos_imcontacts_y |
| Camera Controls | floater_pos_camera_x | floater_pos_camera_y |
| Conversations | floater_pos_fs_im_container_x | floater_pos_fs_im_container_y |
| Destinations | floater_pos_destinations_x | floater_pos_destinations_y |
| IM window | floater_pos_fs_impanel_x | floater_pos_fs_impanel_y |
| Inventory | floater_pos_inventory_x | floater_pos_inventory_y |
| Move Controls | floater_pos_moveview_x | floater_pos_moveview_y |
| Nearby Chat | floater_pos_fs_nearby_chat_x | floater_pos_fs_nearby_chat_y |
| Notecard | floater_pos_preview_notecard_x | floater_pos_preview_notecard_y |
| Parcel Details (About Land) | floater_pos_about_land_x | floater_pos_about_land_y |
| People | floater_pos_people_x | floater_pos_people_y |
| Phototools | floater_pos_phototools_x | floater_pos_phototools_y |
| Profile | floater_pos_floater_profile_x | floater_pos_floater_profile_y |
| Preferences | floater_pos_preferences_x | floater_pos_preferences_y |
| Quickprefs | floater_pos_quickprefs_x | floater_pos_quickprefs_y |
| Radar | floater_pos_fs_radar_x | floater_pos_fs_radar_y |
| Region Details | floater_pos_region_info_x | floater_pos_region_info_y |
| Search | floater_pos_search_x | floater_pos_search_y |
| World map | floater_pos_world_map_x | floater_pos_world_map_y |
Should none of these work, then you will have to wipe settings, as explained on this page.
See this page for documentation on Firestorm 4.6.9 (42969) and earlier.