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RyanSummers
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Sep 28, 2022 9:41 AM UTC
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Lock Workspace

I think it would be useful to borrow the Lock Workspace feature from Photoshop for After Effects, esp with the wide use of so many scripts and CEP panels in many workflows. I accidentally pull off tabs or slide them around in my day-to-day use of AE, esp since I’m using a Wacom pen most of the time.

I’m sure there’s some wrinkles to consider, esp when switching Workspaces while locked - do you prompt with a pop-up or automatically switch it?

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Known Participant
Sep 10, 2026 4:00 PM UTC

I want to lock panels x-size.. Because I need all the time fixing panel width when close second viewer for example… it is one of most time eating and repeating thing I ever do in AE… And solution is so simple. Lock everything with exception of project panel (sometimes need to see more from filename for example) and viewers (I am switching betwee two and one very ofter and when have two Both are setted to fit to.. so I change proportionaly their size by divider between them.. 
But when I close one, my whole layout is gone and I need to set all again, or use refresh of workspace, which is really slow, not solution for me..

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mave1969
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Apr 4, 2025 10:30 PM UTC

@andrew.hoeveler It won't, because the issue of projects overriding your workspace was never a huge problem. The issue is that inadvertently hitting a keyboard shortcut can destroy your workspace, and the interface for managing workspaces in AE (not to mention the laughably clunky way the workspace files are actually stored) is garbage.

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Known Participant
Apr 4, 2025 6:54 PM UTC

Testing to see if this new feature solves this old issue...

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Known Participant
Sep 20, 2024 11:21 PM UTC

Coming up on the 2 year anniversary of this post. Would be amazing if @Adobe chimed in here!

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Known Participant
Jun 1, 2024 5:17 PM UTC

Sadly, these are the frustrations we have to deal with using software that's based on 30 year old code.

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Frank_B
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May 15, 2024 5:30 PM UTC

Don't hold your breath. They implied it's difficult to do because of how the software is designed and it's related to Premiere, or something like that.

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Known Participant
May 13, 2024 5:31 PM UTC

Dear Adobe, it's now OVER a year later and nothing has changed with this bug. Is this ever going to be addressed?!

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Frank_B
Inspiring
Mar 1, 2024 8:22 PM UTC

I wonder too.
Part of my daily workflow is resizing plugins panel to its original position every time after I open and close New Comp Viewer or Effects window.

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Known Participant
Feb 28, 2024 8:08 PM UTC

I wonder if this issue will ever be fixed?

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Known Participant
Dec 12, 2023 5:30 PM UTC

Yes, I'm aware that we can save our workspaces, but that still doesn't help resolve the issue I showed in my screen captures I posted above. Saving workspaces and then reverting back to the saved workspace is just another repetitive task, just as moving my panels back to where they were is repetitive. I'm looking for Adobe to stop moving all the panel borders around everytime a single thing moves.

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