topic Re: Material Preview Window Not Staying Docked in Slate Editor After Restart in 3ds Max Forum

Material Preview Window Not Staying Docked in Slate Editor After Restart

hvarsani429 — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:46:34 GMT

Every time I restart 3ds Max, the Material Preview window in the Slate Material Editor disappears and does not retain its previous docked position. I have to manually reopen and reposition it every session. Is there a way to keep it docked permanently or auto-load a saved UI layout with it docked?
I'm using 3ds Max 2025, and this issue persists even after saving custom UI schemes.

Any guidance or workaround would be appreciated.

Re: Material Preview Window Not Staying Docked in Slate Editor After Restart

joaquim.moral — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:47:20 GMT

Hi @hvarsani429,
Thanks for participating in the Community!

Has this always happened, or has it occurred since a new update, or any computer change?

Thanks!

Re: Material Preview Window Not Staying Docked in Slate Editor After Restart

b_m_varsani1441 — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:07:22 GMT

Hi @joaquim.moral

This issue has been present since 3ds Max 2024.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/3ds-max-2024-slate-material-preview-does-not-stay-docked/td-p/13015954

Re: Material Preview Window Not Staying Docked in Slate Editor After Restart

whitebirchstudios — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:12:51 GMT

I have been complaining about this for years!

Re: Material Preview Window Not Staying Docked in Slate Editor After Restart

haifeng_yuSEVKN — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:17:09 GMT

Hello @hvarsani429 , thanks for reaching out. This is a known issue in our system and has already been logged. Please kindly keep this ticket number MAXX-74239 for your reference. However, I cannot provide a timeline for when this ticket will be addressed or released into a future update in 3ds Max. Feel free to ask if you have any questions, and thank you!