Lost a Toolbar

QCAD Professional QCAD Troubleshooting and Problems
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Hello,
I have Windows 11 - 64 bit with QCAD 3.27.6.

The toolbar icon was an arrow. When a command was selected, the icon expanded offering choices that pertains to the selection. For example, a specific length could be given to a vertical line.

I would appreciate any guidance.
Thank you,
SusanEBB

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Hello SusanEBB - welcome to the QCAD forum.

Please double check below Menu/View/Toolbars and Widgets/Toolbars/ whether “Options” is ticked.
Anyway - using a tool which requires an option input will automatically launch that bar.

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SusanEBB,

This might help when the toolbar is really ‘lost’:

Instead of a full hard reset there is also a gentle reset method for only the appearance of the Widgets:
In the QCAD.ini/conf remove the line DockappWindows under the header [Appearance].

Regards,
CVH

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It is also possible that the toolbar is still visible but has been reduced in size in such a way that its contents is no longer accessible. A screenshot might help for us to pinpoint the problem.

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Thanks for the welcome!

I appreciate your prompt responses to my problem, and I have followed your suggestions to no avail.

I have also attached a screenshot. As you can see, I have my file on ‘print preview’, but the options toolbar is not visibly obvious.

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Thanks for the screenshot. Is your screen so wide or is that from a multi screen arrangement?

In any case, I suspect that the options toolbar might be floating about somewhere, perhaps even partially or entirely off the visible screen.

I’d suggest to bring it to a fixed location as follows

  • Misc > Development > Script Shell
  • Click the Show ECMAScript Shell button

This presents a small programming box at the right of your application window.
Copy / paste this code snipped into the command line at the bottom of that window and hit enter:

RMainWindowQt.getMainWindow().findChild("Options").move(200,200);

Hopefully, this will move the options toolbar to the position 200,200 on your screen so you can move it around using your mouse again.

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@ SusanEBB

Do you backup your system on a regular schedule? If so try to recall when QCAD was working properly and use that info to restore the qcad3.ini.

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Thank you!!! Problem solved.
The Script Shell procedure brought the toolbar forward, so I have saved this solution for the future.

  • I have three monitors.

Have a wonderful day,
SusanEBB