AutoCAD floating windows caught behind windows taskbar

[alex]

My Windows taskbar is set to the far left. It is this way so I can extend my drawings across three screens, having the bottom of the window spread to each monitor.

The problem is, if I open a new AutoCAD floating window, layer properties manager for example. The floating window opens behind the windows taskbar, per supplied screenshot. And I cannot move the floating window as the "grab" area is behind the taskbar.

Is it because the AutoCAD windows are completely detached from the main program that they do not have edge or conflict detection enabled?

The fix for this is I have to unlock my windows taskbar, drag it to the bottom of my screen. Move the floating window then move the taskbar back to where it was before. Unnecessarily long winded.

Has anyone out there come across this before or can offer a workaround ?

Cheers.

[Anonymous]

The only thing I have fouind to work is not to detach the subwindows from autocad.

[pendean]

Dock and/or Anchor your layer and properties palettes to the side of the AutoCAD program window. Avoid all these many floating floaties. And turn off transparency of those palettes, it may help your video card cope with AutoCAD too: consider setting those palettes to autohide as well.

[Anonymous]

Auto Hide your task bar (right click - properties)

Gives you a little extra real estate as well.

[lim.wendy · Accepted solution]

Hi Alex,

Would the workaround below works for you?

1)  After executing the CUI command, expand the Workspaces section in the upper left corner and select the active workspace.

2)  Expand the Palettes in the Workspace Contents pane (upper right)

3)  Select the missing item from the list

4)  Underneath Properties you'll see an Orientation option.  Change it to anything other than "Do Not Change" 

Not a permanent solution as well. 

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[alex]

Thank you everyone for your replies!

I should mention that after I open a floating window, I then dock it to another monitor to be used as neeeded. This issue comes about if, for one reason or another, AutoCAD doesnt restore my docked floating windows (say after a crash or program update).

Wendy, your solution is exactly what I am after. I replicated the issue I have come across then applied your fix, by changing the anchoring of the floating window. I then restarted Autocad and it remembered the anchoring position of the floating window.

Fantastic!!

If I come across another floating window that does the same, I can amend its behaviour and save it to my workspace state so it wont happen in the future.

Thank you very much for looking into this for me, it is very much appreciated.