Sketchup menus and workspace

SketchUp Pro
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Hi everyone,

I’ve been having a weird issue with SketchUp menus, lately. Every time I open any of my sketchup projects, my menus (tags, scenes…) are not open, when I go into the windows menu there is a dash near the main ones I use, which usually means they are minimised, although they are nowhere to be seen. Then when I click on each one to open, none will open. So EVERYTIME I open a project, I need to go into preferences to reset the workspace. I cant understand why it’s not saving my workspace. please help

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Have you saved the workspace as a template?

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No I haven’t, didn’t even know you could do that!

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Would you be able to explain to me how it’s done?

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A template is a SketchUp file and does not control UI in any way.

I have seen this happen, too. I have yet to figure out exactly why, though. Perhaps @colin has some input?

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Is this a recent install of SketchUp on this computer? Do you use a second monitor at any time? Has anything changed on your computer recently (system update)?

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I do use a monitor, but I always have, this is quite a recent problem I have, not sure if its due to 2023 version, I dont recall having the issue prior

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Could it have started when you installed 23? Could be a permissions issue.

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This happens to me when I use an external monitor with my laptop (Macbook Pro M2 Max). If I go from working with just the laptop to then attaching the additional monitor, the mini-windows end up reduced and hidden at the very bottom of my laptop screen (I have the monitor set as main). I have ‘solved’ the problem by making sure I quit SU anytime I am moving between set-ups. I hope this helps. Actually, I hope it makes sense.

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I have seen this problem as well. Look in the Window menu and you’ll see Hide Dialogs, or Show Dialogs.

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Something is triggering that. Try selecting it once or twice, and see if the dialogs come back.

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What happens when you close your MacBook Pro lid? Then when you open it do you still have the same problem. I use two monitors and I keep my Mac laptop closed. Everything seems to work OK

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Ok guys, so according to all the comments, I have tried some things and here is what happened:

It seems that when I open a project purely on my Mac, the menus are there.
However, when I open a Sketchup project and I have my monitor connected, the menus do not show up. (@Chip_Cookie I did check around to see if anything was reduced and hidden, not the case)

But, I did go to the windows menu and clicked “hide dialog” then clicked again to " show dialog" and the menus appeared!!

so so happy, thank you all for the comments and the help