Effects Panel Pops Up every time audio track is selected / highlighted - how do I stop this nuisance

​@scm28
You’re not alone, this happens to me, too. And x-ing out the panel via its top left buttons does not suppress it.
Might have something to do with the clips getting auto-selected for segment mode? (handy if you’re adding edits and want to nudge/affect each clip as you go, but not great when it keeps this window popping up!)

NVM, just scrolled down and I see the fix identified by charlotteh50606133

I think you've got the situation nailed, Stan. I can replicate that behavior of course. But not the ECP itself.

One does need to close the Edit windows, pure and simple.

> how can this bug continue to exist? 

I don't know what to call it - bug, by design, feature request (to autoclose when deselected)? But here's what is happening:

The dialogue box being discussed is, I think, the "Clip FX Editor," not Effects or Effects Controls panels. One way to get that box is when you click "edit" in the Effect Controls panel on an effect, such as audio pitch shifter, custom setup. Once you do, the dialogue is active until you click on edit again or "x" out the dialogue. (I'm on Win11 and I see the x out. What do Mac users see?)

The dialogue is associated with the clip that is selected when it is invoked. If you do something that deselects the clip, it "disappears" until you reselect the clip, and then - Surprise! But it's really been there all along. Clicking in panels that do not deselect the clip keeps the dialogue on screen. It is not dockable, and there's no OK or Cancel buttons - changes appear to take effect immediately.

Stan

@scm28 It's just the normal "Windows close" X that's on every window, tho I suppose Macs will have the red close-out button or whichever it is instead

Wow, how can this bug continue to exist?  It's a UX nightmare🤦.  @charlotteh50606133 Do you happen to have a screenshot of the X in the effects box?  It would help everyone to have that as a reference and thanks in advance for this - if it solves my problem you're a miracle worker! 

This stuff is so often not ... obvious, isn't it?

Oh wow wait, I figured it out (for me, at least), the issue is that when the audio effect box is open, clicking back on the timeline or anywhere else outside that box makes the effect box go away, but then when you click on that audio clip again, it pops right back up

HOWEVER, if you actually close the effect box with the normal "X" in the top corner, it won't continue to pop up until you choose to open it again like you normally would. I wasn't ever *properly closing it* because I didn't realize I needed to

That is a darn annoying issue there ... yowza. But still, what the Hades triggers it? It would be nice to get staffer help on this.

I came in here and was SHOCKED by your comments to learn that this isn't just a feature as intended? I wanted to learn how to turn it off ***as this has been occuring to me for years and years*** across many different updates *AND* desktops. Never ONCE did I assume this was an error, just a feature I was not bothered enough until today to try and turn off.

idk, do with this information what you will.

Perhaps the reason some of you are having trouble replicating it is that it's a per-account thing?

I've spent quite a bit of time trying to replicate this, with both single and multi band compressor effects, dynamics which also includes a compressor, and in all nine of my custom workspaces and the 'native' Edit workspace.

I've grabbed and moved the clip, the keyframeable line on the audio, the Fx badge, unlinked the clip and moved that separately, every variation I can think of, and I can't get this to happen.

Yes, it would be very frustrating ... but as I can't replicate, I've got no clue what's going on in your computer.

So again, a video of this happening on your machine would be ever so helpful to nail this down.

I simply