topic Re: Toolbars do not move with Autocad 2023 when moving from one display to another in AutoCAD Forum

Toolbars do not move with Autocad 2023 when moving from one display to another

bgeorgeBWGYF — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:24:46 GMT

Has anyone else ran across the issue that if you move AutoCad from one display (monitor) to another, the toolbars at the top of the screen remain on the 1st screen, but the toolbars on the left hand or right hand side of the screen DO get moved with the rest of the GUI?

This has happened to me twice today. The 2nd time I thought that maybe if I closed AutoCad and then re-opened it, the tool bar locations might "reset" to be with the rest of the AutoCad display, but that does not happen. I also noticed that the same thing happens if I select the "restore down" button. In both cases, I have to drag all of my toolbars one at a time over to the other screen. The screen shot shows what happens when I select the "Restore Down" button.

I have rebooted my machine and re-opened AutoCad, but the problem persists. Running AutoCad 2023 on a Windows 10 PRO machine.

Re: Toolbars do not move with Autocad 2023 when moving from one display to another

jduframe — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:50:40 GMT

have you tried locking your toolbars after you have them placed where you want them to be?

Re: Toolbars do not move with Autocad 2023 when moving from one display to another

pendean — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:55:42 GMT

@bgeorgeBWGYF Where you are highlighting (next to the FILETAB) may be your problem: toolbars are not actually docking right there in 2023 (or 2022 or 2021 in quick tests here) if moved manually, they just float but pretend to change shapes like they are docking.

Use CUI command for placement in your desired workspace(s), then you'll see actual location.

Remember to save your workspace with WSSAVE command afterwards.

Re: Toolbars do not move with Autocad 2023 when moving from one display to another

bgeorgeBWGYF — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:30:41 GMT

That was the issue pendean. I set the orientation for each of the toolbars in the CUI as you suggested and now they move with the rest of the display. I also right-clicked in the tool bar area and selected the Lock Location, then checked both the floating and docked toolbars / panels.