Thanks for the reply! I appreciate the note about double-clicking a pattern to more quickly edit it, that certainly helps. But yes, the panel closing itself after a pattern is edited (after I explicitly added it in Window > Pattern Options) sure feels like a bug to me, or at least just a poor experience. Just because I clicked 'Done' doesn't mean I'm done editing it, I just need to see how it fills in my actual element and often need to go back and edit it again several times. If the Gradient panel closed after editing a gradient it would be just as frustrating.
Thanks for the reply! I appreciate the note about double-clicking a pattern to more quickly edit it, that certainly helps. But yes, the panel closing itself after a pattern is edited (after I explicitly added it in Window > Pattern Options) sure feels like a bug to me, or at least just a poor experience. Just because I clicked 'Done' doesn't mean I'm done editing it, I just need to see how it fills in my actual element and often need to go back and edit it again several times. If the Gradient panel closed after editing a gradient it would be just as frustrating.