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, 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.
- Try to ensure that the missing window is closed. Then open the Advanced menu (press
Ctrl-Alt-Dto enable Advanced, if it isn't already), and go to Show Debug Settings. 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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Pose Stand | floater_pos_fs_posestand_x | floater_pos_fs_posestand_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 |
- If you already have created a backup of your settings, then try a restore of those settings as explained here.
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.