Finding a Missing Window
So you find yourself suddenly missing a window, perhaps inventory, or chat, or the edit window… How to find it?
A) First try these steps to see if you can find it hiding:
- 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, and 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.)
- Go to Preferences→ User Interface → 2D Overlay, and lower the UI Scaling slider. The default setting is 1.0. You may find that setting it lower, temporarily, will reveal the missing window. If you find the missing window, move it to the center of the screen, then reset UI Scaling to 1.0 or your preferred value.
B) If those steps don't work, the window is probably far offscreen. Reset the window's position via Debug Settings. To do this,
- Try to ensure that the missing window is closed. (You many be able to tell this if you are using a toolbar button and it is highlighted or not.) If you can't tell, proceed anyway.
- Then open the Advanced menu (press Ctrl-Alt-D to enable Advanced, if it isn't already), and go to Show Debug Settings.
- Consult the table below for the names of the two settings that match your missing window.
- Find the first setting in the Debug Settings window; set it to 0 (zero).
- Repeat for the second setting.
- Relog before re-opening the window.
These are the debug values to use for step B (just above). Find the window you need in the left hand column and get the debug values from the other two columns.
| Window | Settings names | |
|---|---|---|
| Animation Previewer | floater_pos_preview_anim_x | floater_pos_preview_anim_y |
| 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 |
| Block List | floater_pos_fs_blocklist_x | floater_pos_fs_blocklist_y |
| Build/Edit | floater_pos_build_x | floater_pos_build_y |
| Contacts | floater_pos_imcontacts_x | floater_pos_imcontacts_y |
| Camera Controls (pre 6.4.13, or with presets) | floater_pos_camera_x | floater_pos_camera_y |
| Camera Controls (6.4.13 and later, small version) | floater_pos_fs_camera_small_x | floater_pos_fs_camera_small_y |
| Conversations | floater_pos_fs_im_container_x | floater_pos_fs_im_container_y |
| Destinations | floater_pos_destinations_x | floater_pos_destinations_y |
| Experience Profile | floater_pos_experience_profile_x | floater_pos_experience_profile_y |
| Group Profile | floater_pos_fs_group_x | floater_pos_fs_group_y |
| Hover Height | floater_pos_edit_hover_height_x | floater_pos_edit_hover_height_y |
| IM window | floater_pos_fs_impanel_x | floater_pos_fs_impanel_y |
| Inspect | floater_pos_fs_inspect_x | floater_pos_fs_inspect_y |
| Inventory | floater_pos_inventory_x | floater_pos_inventory_y |
| Inventory second window | floater_pos_secondary_inventory_x | floater_pos_secondary_inventory_y |
| Marketplace Listings | floater_pos_marketplace_listings_x | floater_pos_marketplace_listings_y |
| Mini Map | floater_pos_mini_map_x | floater_pos_mini_map_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 |
| Notifications | floater_pos_notification_well_window_x | floater_pos_notification_well_window_y |
| Parcel Details (About Land) | floater_pos_about_land_x | floater_pos_about_land_y |
| Pay Object | floater_pos_pay_object_x | floater_pos_pay_object_y |
| Pay Resident | floater_pos_pay_resident_x | floater_pos_pay_resident_y |
| People | floater_pos_people_x | floater_pos_people_y |
| Phototools | floater_pos_phototools_x | floater_pos_phototools_y |
| Places | floater_pos_places_x | floater_pos_places_y |
| Place Details | floater_pos_fs_placedetails_x | floater_pos_fs_placedetails_y |
| Pose Stand | floater_pos_fs_posestand_x | floater_pos_fs_posestand_y |
| Profile | floater_pos_fs_profile_x | floater_pos_fs_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 |
| Region Objects | No debugs available; try relogging. | |
| Script Editor Window--Inventory | floater_pos_preview_script_x | floater_pos_preview_script_y |
| Script Editor Window--Objects | floater_pos_preview_scriptedit_x | floater_pos_preview_scriptedit_y |
| Search | floater_pos_search_x | floater_pos_search_y |
| Snapshot Window | floater_pos_snapshot_x | floater_pos_snapshot_y |
| Statistics | floater_pos_stats_x | floater_pos_stats_y |
| Toolbar Buttons Window | floater_pos_toybox_x | floater_pos_toybox_y |
| Web content (web pages) | floater_pos_web_content_x | floater_pos_web_content_y |
| World map | floater_pos_world_map_x | floater_pos_world_map_y |
C) If you already have created a backup of your settings, then try a restore of those settings as explained here.
D) Should none of these work, then you will have to wipe settings, as explained on this page.