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Lock panels size to avoid constant need to rearange workplace

Explorer ,
Mar 07, 2025 Mar 07, 2025

I use AE every day for more than 15y and I realised there is one thing I really hate (ok, maybe one of two. second is endless  window menu when you have lot of comps opened and need to run script at the end of the list. Even "better" when you have more than twenty scripts installed).
Everyday I literary cry and asking "why?!"
My workplace looks like the first image. And every time I onen new viewer or just drag any panel to make it bigger temporarilly and return it back (comp panel up to show more layer, or viewer to see more, etc) it totally mess up my arangement and I need to fix panel sizes over and over, hundred times every day..

I am used to use workplace presets, but it is not comfortable to wait until the whole panels setup load and draw. 
There should be icon on every panel to prioritize maintain its size, or just size all panels relatively to the one you resize, or maybe anything else, but actual state is something made me mad. 

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Every time I change temporary my panels layout and returning it back I am ending with something like this (look at left side, the project panel, effect panel... stay stretched and need to be resize):

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So, please. Make the panels layout more smart to avoid needs repeatedly correct their size. If they everytime you change layout will tends to restore their initial position instead of staying at last position, it will be GOLD!

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5 Comments
New Here ,
Mar 13, 2025 Mar 13, 2025

I am also facing the same situation, please do update herere if you find any solution to this, apart from reseting workspace again and again. 

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Participant ,
Mar 14, 2025 Mar 14, 2025

I run into this so often, I added a keyboard shortcut to reset the workspace to the saved layout. 

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Explorer ,
Mar 16, 2025 Mar 16, 2025

yes, I do it too sometimes, but it is not instant.. it reload and redraw all panels so it can not be used every minute you need to reorder your layout.. 😞

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Community Expert ,
Mar 16, 2025 Mar 16, 2025

Is this different than double-clicking the custom Workspace name to reset the panels to the saved sizes? 

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Explorer ,
Mar 17, 2025 Mar 17, 2025
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Different to what? Reset layout working somehow, no matter if by doubleclick, menu or hotkey, but if you need to rearange layout literary every minute (because you often need to open two viewers for example), it is really annoying and faster is to adjust those few windows by draging, because reload workspace takes just too much time (and it is distracting to look at flashing screen, definitely push you out of working flow). 
Sugested solution is simple, just somethink like checkbox to lock size of panels and leave this unchecked for viewers and timeline. 

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