Free Transform tool issue

[Patrick Welsh]

I have to reset my Illustrator 2024 preferences several times a day in order for the options for the Free Transform Tool to appear onscreen.

I've not been able to pinpoint when or why they disappear. The basic tool is still available but the perspective and distort options are no longer visible.

Are the options hidden but available elsewhere?

I am wondering if anyone else is experiencing this issue.

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

If you grab the tool panel and move it to the side - is the options bar perhaps below that?

[Patrick Welsh]

Yes, that was the answer. Thank you!