tool palette dock and closed

[MonkeyTrainer]

i am getting a message when i click on something from my tool palette saying that it does not display when it is docked and closed. how do i undo this so i can use objects from the tool palette. how do i "unlock" it? see image.

thanks.

[AllenJessup]

CTRL + F3 should open the toolpallet. Then you can undock it if you want.

Allen

[MonkeyTrainer]

unLOCK. it doesnt matter if its DOCKED or not

thanks.

[AllenJessup]

Sorry. Should be CTRL + F1 for the Properties Pallet. Or select an entity, rt click and select properties from the menu.

Allen

[MonkeyTrainer]

ok, maybe im not being clear enough. the objects on my tool palette are locked. thats it.

thanks for posting.

[AllenJessup]

After rereading your post and the attached error. I'm thinking that the something you're click on in the toolpalette is a subassembly or other item that has properties editable in the Properties palette. So you need to open your Properties window.

Allen

[MonkeyTrainer]

ok, there is nothing editable in the properties box referring to an object being lockable.

[AllenJessup]

Or I'm being dense today. I don't know how to Lock a toolpalette so I can't say how to Unlock it. At this point my best guess is that you need to open your Properties Palette.

Allen

[MonkeyTrainer]

do you know how to do that besides CTRL + F1? we changed our script for the f1 key.

[AllenJessup]

We keep crossing our post. So your latest invalidates my latest. From reading the error message that was the best I could come up with.

Allen

[MonkeyTrainer]

nevermind...

[AllenJessup]

I docked my toolpalette and closed it. I then selected something from the drawing, did a right click and selected Properties from the right click menu. The Properties Palette opened. See if that works for you.

Allen

[MonkeyTrainer · Accepted solution]

fyi: i am working with corridor object off the palette. found out what it is. when i click on something off of the tool palette, the properties box is suppossed to automatically open; rightfully so, to edit the objects. mine doesnt open when i choose something off the palette. is there an (weird) option/toggle somewhere that will auto. open the prop. box?