Panels load on different screens
The setup: I am working on 2 4K Monitors. 1 is a 32" LG and the other is the 24" Wacom Cintiq Pro (however, this happens regardless of what type of monitor you have). I don't spread my workflow between monitors like some people do, I prefer to have browsing on one and my Illustrator workspace on the other. However, since I do work with a Cintiq I very often swap my workspace from my Cintiq back to my monitor. Here is where the problem lies!
Whenever I activate any dialog box/panel (Rotate, Save, Mirror, Scale, Simplify ...any of them) on my main monitor (Monitor 1) it pops up inside of Illustrator just like it should. If I drag my entire Illustrator program and begin to use it on my Cintiq (Monitor 2) and I try to activate any of the dialog boxes they still continue to pop up on Monitor 1. This is a huge waste of time because now what has to happen is I have to put my pen down, grab the mouse, drag the dialog box over to Monitor 2 and then resume my workflow.
I have to do this for every dialog box that I use and then Illustrator will remember to open them in Monitor 2, UNTIL the monitor gets turned off, I restart or I flip back to Monitor 1 for my main screen, in which case I have to repeat the process all over again.
What I expected: That the program would autosense the Monitor you are working on and load all panels and dialog boxes on that monitor or which ever monitor your main illustrator artboard is activated on.
My operating System is 64 bit Windows 10 and I have the latest 2018 CC version of Illustrator.
Ivan Trushin
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RPL
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Since recent upgrade, NONE of the menu panels stay on screen. I use a second monitor for displaying attribute menus. Every time I now open Illustrator, these have disappeared and have to be reloaded. Very annoying.
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Augusto L H
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Adobe Illustrator v.25.3.1
Since the last update when i open the software (using two screens) the execution boxes (properties, tools, layers) are separated into screens.
I don't know if this is a version error, but as this has never happened to me I need help.
xoxo
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ritika patel(Illustrator team)
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Hi Ivan,
Your inputs are taken, thanks for sharing the idea with us.
Regards,
Ritika(Edited by admin)