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jimroberts
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October 8, 2020
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Quick and Guided Edit Tools Selection Panel Unpinned and Stuck

  • October 8, 2020
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The tools panel in Quick Edit and Guided Edit Tools mode is "unpinned" and "stuck."  Previously working, I just selected Guided and the tools menu has moved to the top left corner and I cannot "pin" it back to the right border. It doesn't appear to be draggable and there are no left/right-click actions.  The same for Quick Edit Tools except the Adjustments panel is mid-frame. The Expert Mode is fine.

 

I've tried View > Guides selections; nothing is active. The Window > Panel Bin is stuck too. Window > Reset Panel doesn't do anything in Quick or Guided modes, but works fine in Expert selecting, activating, and resetting any of the Layer/ Effects,.. 

 

 

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Correct answer jimroberts

There's a bit of progress in the reload.  Did more testing. The misplaced panels are somewhat active.  I can click on a guided selection and get the wrong Correct panel.  It comes up in the same wrong place as the Quick mode panel. 

I may not have tried it before, but turning on Window > Tools gives me an active and working (?) set of tools.


Major ah-ha (!?)  I can bring up a Correct tool by clicking over where the panel is supposed to be (right side). Here's a shot where I got the Crop Photo just by clicking around in the black space.


Jim

 

 


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Greg_S.
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Greg_S.Community Expert
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October 8, 2020

Try resetting the preferences file. Go to Edit>Preferences>General tab and click the Reset Preferences on next launch button.

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    jimrobertsAuthor
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    October 8, 2020

    Thanks, Greg.  Just tried that a couple of times.  No help. 

     

    Tried rebooting. I even deleted and reinstalled Elements 2020.

     

    Here's an image of what I'm getting in Guided Mode.

     

    Thanks,

    Jim

     

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      jimrobertsAuthor
      Participant
      October 8, 2020

      There's a bit of progress in the reload.  Did more testing. The misplaced panels are somewhat active.  I can click on a guided selection and get the wrong Correct panel.  It comes up in the same wrong place as the Quick mode panel. 

      I may not have tried it before, but turning on Window > Tools gives me an active and working (?) set of tools.


      Major ah-ha (!?)  I can bring up a Correct tool by clicking over where the panel is supposed to be (right side). Here's a shot where I got the Crop Photo just by clicking around in the black space.


      Jim

       

       

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