Every time I open Sketchup a bunch of tool palettes I didn’t have open when last closed are scattered all over the screen and I have to close them manually. They’re all from extensions. I suppose I could put them in a pile in a corner somewhere out of the way but I would prefer only the ones I want…

How did you install? [image] Layout Option not an option Pro Sometimes a good old ‘turning the computer down and starting fresh again’ helps. A lot of Mac-users do not turn the computer off at all, only use the sleep-mode. Then , I would try a reinstall by downloading he…

If this happens for some but not all extensions it is probably due to the way those extensions were programmed. A “rude” extension can force its toolbar to show each time you start SketchUp regardless of how you had it previously.

If you add one of these offending tool sets to your workspace, and then remove - would that resolve the issue for that particular extension? If so, repeat for the others.

I’m going with slbaumgartner’s answer. I didn’t try GSTUIDOS suggestion, The offending extensions each open multiple palettes with multiple tools each. The Customize Toolbar…menu gives me the ability to add individual tools to the toolbar but no control over palettes. For the time being I’ve chos…

Why not go into extension manager and disable the offending extensions?

Why not go into extension manager and disable the offending extensions? Because I use them occasionally. Bigger PITA (maybe, I’ll think about it) to enable them when I want to use them than have a stack of palettes in a lonely corner of my screen. Some extensions require a re-start to enable th…

It would help to know what extensions you are talking about. They may well work for us and something needs to be done at your end, but without knowing what they are…

I have the same issue with some extension toolbars on my iMac. I’m running 10.14.3 Mojave and SketchUp Pro 2019. I’m now down to just four toolbars that won’t cooperate with the settings in Preferences > Workspace. Four of the extensions have one or more of their tools placed on the main Mac Toolba…

Tool Palettes

SketchUp Pro

MikeWayzovski February 21, 2019, 8:32pm 2

How did you install?

Topic		Replies	Views
Extension tool bars loading randomly across the screen Pro mac	6	119	January 22, 2026
Tools Palletes reopen after restart SketchUp	11	2196	October 21, 2024
Unable to customize tool palette display (Mac) SketchUp mac	6	552	August 28, 2022
Workspace not saving on Mac Pro mac	7	130	January 12, 2026
How do I eliminate the small individual extension popup windows (mac) Pro	29	1244	June 4, 2024

Tool Palettes

Related topics