I have a multiple monitor setup with two large screens on the left and middle and a third smaller vertical screen on the right. I keep a few panels open on the left monitor, and in the last two versions of Rhino8, I have this issue with the panels being in the correct placement when I open rhino, then moving quite a bit left if I click into any other window (like a browser or photoshop or even just clicking on exposed desktop). See attached image of all three screens and the rhino system info output. It is very annoying as it tends to cover things I need visible on the left monitor (like reference images) as I am working in rhino. Manually moving them back holds until I again click on anything other than the active rhino screen. Thanks for any help.
Hi there! I played with it some more: if I put one of the panels on the far right window, clicking away and back sends the panel further to the right. If I place one of the panels on the left screen even further left, clicking away and back sends the panel even further left. So, basically, wherever I place them, clicking away and then back moves the panel further away from the center screen. If I put the panels on the center screen, they do not move. And this only happens once. Clicking away the first time moves them. If I do not mess with them, they don’t move any more than that.
I have been having this issue for a while also. It has been driving me crazy and wondered if I was the only one. Tried dragging a panel to the 3rd monitor in case the 2nd was the issue, but when I click focus away from Rhino and then come back, the panel on the 3rd monitor completely disappears and I have to reload a saved viewport to get it back.
I should have thought to mention that. My main display (left), is on port 1, second (right) is on port 0, and 3rd (upper) is port 2.
Additionally, the 2 main monitors are identical 4k displays, the third monitor is 1080p. Could the difference in scaling or resolution be causing an issue? The 3rd monitor is helpful for keeping an eye on email/chat while I am working on projects. Could possibly ditch it or replace with another 4k screen if a fix is not easy Thank you!
Yeah, I have two main monitors of the same rez and a third that’s smaller and portrait mode on the right. I know rhino can handle this setup because it’s always been fine until the last couple of builds.
I hope ditching a perfectly good monitor isn’t required, given that Rhino did not do this is the past and all my other software is still playing nicely with all my monitors. Hoping they are able to address this, it might not be a super common setup, but it’s really a problem here.
Now that the holidays are over perhaps someone from McNeel has something to offer? @stevebaer, @jeff, @wim ? Multiple monitors are supported, aren’t they?
Hey Heath, good to hear from you. Does this mean that an earlier service release of Rhino 8 worked and the latest service release is not working? If that is the case we have some tools we could use to try and diagnose exactly what change in code caused the problem. If this has always been in Rhino 8, we’re going to have to try and repeat this bug which I guess means setting up a rig with three monitors.
Hi Steve! I believe it’s just been the last two builds of v8, but I’m not entirely sure. I think I would have noticed if it started as soon as I installed V8, and I feel like it just started not all that long ago. Thanks for looking into it!
I bought my license for this machine after V8 was released, so have only used V8 on it. Like Heath had said, it was working before. Unfortunately, I can’t pinpoint at what release update the problem started for me. Thank you.
Hi Heath, FWIW I have a 3*27" Dell monitor set up on a Macpro. RH 8.15 moving the menu panels to the left and right screens does not display the issue you are describing. All panels stay in place no matter where i click. The numbers on them are slightly different.
Dell U2721DE, U2719D, U2719D
A different setup Here, but I’m seeing the panels not keeping their’s locations on Mac as well.
This even with just 2 screens: An MBP [M2Max] and an iPad [12.9M2] used via sidecar as the second monitor … [a traveling setup].
Not even quitting Rhino, just disconnecting sidecar and reconnecting is enough to mess up the panels. [Rhino: 8.15.24352.13002]
