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  1. May 10th, 2023, 01:43 AM #1
    tmighty2
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    Question How do I stop the "Properties" from disappearing?

    I experience something strange since a few days:

    The properties window is gone, also from the context menu.
    Usually, when I right-click a control, it offers "Properties".
    Clicking this item would open the properties window on the right, offering "Name", "Caption", "Index", etc.

    For me, it's gone, and I don't know how to get it back.

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  2. May 10th, 2023, 04:03 AM #2
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    Re: How do I stop the "Properties" from disappearing?

    Select a Control or the Form itself in the designer and press F4, does it show up?
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    Re: How do I stop the "Properties" from disappearing?

    Also this is in the codebank which is for sharing code, not asking questions... fear not, I'll report it to the mods and have it moved. No further action is needed on your part, and do not create a new thread somewhere else.


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    Re: How do I stop the "Properties" from disappearing?

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  6. May 10th, 2023, 09:55 AM #5
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    Re: How do I stop the "Properties" from disappearing?

    Sometimes you need to reset the menubar.
    Right click on the menubar -> Customize.. -> Reset..
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  7. May 10th, 2023, 09:06 PM #6
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    Re: How do I stop the "Properties" from disappearing?

    I have never seen this happen except when using one of the many pathological 3rd party IDE add-ins.

    No idea what they get wrong, but it seems to be a common malady. Maybe they all stem from copy/pasting the same broken example loose on the web?
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  8. May 10th, 2023, 11:59 PM #7
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    Re: How do I stop the "Properties" from disappearing?

    See:
    https://www.vbforums.com/showthread....Window-Missing

    It appears to me that the properties window is either set to Undockable and is offscreen, or it is set to dockable and there is nowhere for it to dock to. Reduce the size of your project window and see if it returns.

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