Hi,

Is the current desktops functionality supposed to restore windows that were hidden ?

I have 1 desktop defined, "Default".
I layouted my windows, closed the object inspector window, and used 'Save current desktop' to save it as default. I quit lazarus and restarted it.
It shows a default empty project, and shows the object inspector. I loaded a (non-gui) project.
The object inspector is still shown.

Is this supposed to be so ? I would expect the object inspector to remain hidden.

My plan was to have 2 desktops: one for GUI projects, one for non-GUI projects, where the object inspector is useless and hence can remain hidden...

Michael.

Michael Van Canneyt wrote

Is the current desktops functionality supposed to restore windows that were hidden ?

No.

Me as well.

My plan was to have 2 desktops: one for GUI projects, one for non-GUI projects, where the object inspector is useless and hence can remain hidden...

I assume the OI is especially forced to be shown at the start to get the default desktop after first run of the IDE (where the OI is visible). This should be changed and the OI should be shown only when no configuration is present.

Ondrej

The OI gets correctly hidden if you load the desktop after the start of the IDE. So the problem is in IDE startup procedure that forces the OI to show.

Ondrej

Ondrej Pokorny wrote

The OI gets correctly hidden if you load the desktop after the start of the IDE. So the problem is in IDE startup procedure that forces the OI to show.

I can confirm this behaviour, yes.

Michael.

Please open a bug report in mantis about it so that it doesn't get forgotten.

Ondrej