Restore undocked panels after sending to media encoder

[Abbottoklus]

This problem started a few months ago. If you work with undocked panels (crucial on dual or ultrawide monitor setups), those panels disappear after you send a sequence to media encoder.

1. Premiere 24.1.0 but has persisted across the last few versions

2. Windows 10 Pro 22H2 19045.4046

3. Have a project open with undocked panels in Edit mode. Send a clip or sequence to Export mode, which changes the workspace and closes your panels. Send the export to Media Encoder.

4. The workspace returns to Edit mode, and you would expect your undocked panels to return, but instead they remain closed. To get them back you have to either reset the workspace, or switch to a different workspace then back again.

This only happens when you send to Media Encoder. If you switch back to Edit mode without exporting, or if you export directly from Premiere, your undocked panels return as expected. Not a major bug but definitely an annoying quirk.

[Dreamtime8]

Came here looking for this very problem. I would like to add that when you export directly from Premiere, sometimes my undocked panels DO NOT return as expected and I have to reset the workspace which sometimes does not come back with the right sequence in the timeline.

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hello @Abbottoklus,

Thanks for filing the bug. Does this sound like your issue? https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-bugs/program-monitor-disappears-when-exporting-to-media-....

If so, I will merge the posts.

Thanks,

Kevin

[Dreamtime8]

Yes, this thread is almost exactly descibing the issue; switch to Export in Premiere and when the export starts and switches back to the Edit workspace, the undocked panels are no longer open. I have to click on Reset to Saved Layout to return the panels to the workspace. Since all of my panels are undocked I end up with a workspace with nothing in it. This started the same time as the Edit and Export shortcuts were added to the workspace.

[Abbottoklus]

@Kevin-MonahanHey Kevin, yes it looks like the same issue.