topic Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen in AutoCAD LT Forum

Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:23:36 GMT

I cannot seem to find my layer properties pallet. When I toggle it on and off, it doesn't show up on either of my two monitors.

Things I've tried already that didn't work:

1. Changing the screen resolution to something really small and then back again.

2. Hold Shift and right click on AutoCAD icon in the task bar (the MOVE option is unavailable).

3. Hold Alt and hit space bar

4. Rt. click the AutoCAD icon in the task bar and maximize/minimize.

Any help would be appreciated.

FYI... I have one of my screens flipped portrait and the other landscape.

Windows 10, AutoCAD LT 2017

-P.

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

gotphish001 — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:49:22 GMT

Try changing to a different workspace. You might need to put some stuff back to how you had it and resave the workspace but you'd get it back. I have a workspace for dual monitors and one for single monitors. Sometimes you can just switch back and forth and it will reset the palettes to how you had them saved which will fix it.

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

J.FOCHT — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:50:38 GMT

Hello @Anonymous,

Here are a couple more ideas to try:

1. Make sure the Clean Screen option is disabled. Hit Control + 0 to turn off and on.

2. Try editing the palette in the CUI editor. Using the Properties palette as an example, follow these steps:

Enter CUI on the command line.
Select your workspace on the left.
Click the Customize Workspace button on the right.
Expand Palettes and select Properties.
Change the appearance settings to:
- Show: Yes
- Orientation: Floating
- Allow Docking: No
- Auto Hide: Off
Click the Done button and then click OK.

See if this helps you out at all!

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:08:10 GMT

@J.FOCHT wrote:
Hello @Anonymous,

Here are a couple more ideas to try:
1. Make sure the Clean Screen option is disabled. Hit Control + 0 to turn off and on.
2. Try editing the palette in the CUI editor. Using the Properties palette as an example, follow these steps:
Enter CUI on the command line.
Select your workspace on the left.
Click the Customize Workspace button on the right.
Expand Palettes and select Properties.
Change the appearance settings to:
Show: Yes
Orientation: Floating
Allow Docking: No
Auto Hide: Off
Click the Done button and then click OK.
See if this helps you out at all!

Sorry, didn't solve it.

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:06:55 GMT

Not familiar with workspaces. Hints?

@gotphish001 wrote:
Try changing to a different workspace. You might need to put some stuff back to how you had it and resave the workspace but you'd get it back. I have a workspace for dual monitors and one for single monitors. Sometimes you can just switch back and forth and it will reset the palettes to how you had them saved which will fix it.

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

pendean — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:14:10 GMT

In the reply above https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-lt-forum/layer-properties-pallet-lost-off-screen/m-p/8230327#M168235 Choose something other than FLOATING, like docking it. Once it is docked, you can then move it.

Then save your workspace.

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Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:45:28 GMT

Reset to default settings worked. Thanks.

-P.

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

terraphase — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 17:01:36 GMT

That didn't solve the layer pallet problem, but it did solve my missing properties window. I think AutoCAD thought my third monitor was a lot bigger than it really is and had the properties bar off screen.

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

BillLillibridge — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:03:00 GMT

Thank you!

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

jbraddy2 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 01:24:04 GMT

turn off all monitors except your main display and restart autodesk.

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

tonyjempson — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:41:41 GMT

I had a similar problem , where a pallet ended up positionned in such a way that my mouse could not reach the blank part of the pallet frame to reposition it. I used the windows screen properties and changed the sequence of my screens . Screen three , which was originaly on the right hand side of screen one, i moved it to be on the left hand side of screen one. Magicaly the pallet that was stuck reappeared on the main screen. Afterwards i moved my screens back to the original configuration, and all was peace love and happiness again.

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

ealtmanU7WLK — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 18:45:29 GMT

OMG! I tried all the above solutions (changing the CUI settings, turning off/on screen clean, docking the palette, etc) and NONE of them worked... Until I got to your solution!

Your solution of switching the screens was the ONLY one that worked!!! (I have three screens and of course the header portion of the palette was WAY off the right screen). Swapping the outer two monitors was the only one that let me grab the header while it was on the middle screen. THANK YOU!!! 😊

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

jbrr27 — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:59:04 GMT

@tonyjempson this worked for me too, although when I put my screens back the palettes would disappear offscreen again. I had to dock them to my AutoCAD window to not lose them. Quite infuriating that such steps are necessary. I found this only to be a problem after a recent Windows update, where programs now always open on the main screen instead of where they were positioned last. My main screen is set to whichever one is closest to me; at home, that's my laptop. At the office, it's my largest screen. Windows can now no longer handle remembering where your screens were. Gotta love Windows and Autodesk not figuring out how to play nice...

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

ealtmanU7WLK — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:42:58 GMT

Thanks for the reply, Tony. Yes, I'm discovering a lot of MS and Autodesk products not wanting to play nice with each other. Just today I'm having fun constantly having to stretch the columns in Revit's visibility graphics dialog box and the linked files dialog box b/c for some reason they've started to compress to their smallest width EVERY SINGLE TIME I open the window. 🙄

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

sonjaAEG4R — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:57:52 GMT

Thanks, this worked for me!

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

mbaxterKMLDT — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:22:37 GMT

I recently had the same issue with a new monitor. I accidentally moved my layer properties menu off the screen to the point which I could not drag it back. Previously mentioned solutions didn't seem to help, but simply going and changing my display settings on the monitor from 100% to 125% brought the menu back into frame and I was able to drag it back before reverting to my previous display settings. This was an incredibly frustrating and humbling experience to say the least.

Re: Layer Properties pallet lost off-screen

smulrainDEKJX — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:09:56 GMT

Turn the monitor off and then turn it back on. The layer pallet will show up on one of the screens that are still on.