MAC - Rhino - Defalt Window Layout brings Command History to the bottom?

[ruxinx]

I noticed that on Rhino 8 for Mac, the default window layout places the command history at the bottom of the screen, which feels a bit counterintuitive compared to the typical PC layout (command history on the very top).

I came across another Rhino post where the user was also struggling to find the command history, likely because it’s not very obvious when using the default layout.

Is this placement intentional for the Mac version? Just wondering if there’s a reason behind this UI difference.

[Tom_P]

reported here also:

UI and Window Layout (Mac) - Wish and Feedback from classroom

Feedback from a classroom with 13 students, mixed Mac / Pc from yesterdays lecture: commands for panels _Layer will open the Layer panel - but it seams like this command is not autocompleting in a newly installation ? (I can repeat this on my machine after restart) Several students ended up with opening the LayerStateManager _properties opens the Properties - Panel - fine BUT _commandHistory opens a not dockable floating command history window (an evolutionary leftover ?) This however-you-c…

the default commandline position on the mac interface is annoying.

see above post that did not get much attention.

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

Hi -

@ruxinx

Just wondering if there’s a reason behind this UI difference.

The command line and command history panel on macOS is one of the few UI elements that isn’t cross-platform yet. It’s a bigger job and the work for that is ongoing for Rhino 9.
-wim