Paul, Frank,
Actually, the problem is as described by Frank. When returning from the other app, the property window goes below the browser window (filmstrip). In my case this means “disappears” because I have setup the browser window to occupy the whole real estate of the secondary display. Paul, I guess you are seeing the property window because the browser window is not doing this.
So, I should temporarily close the browser window, close the property window and then re-open the browser window. Not practical, to say the least.
Moreover, even when the property window is hidden by the browser window, it is updated when the user selects another image. It’s a good thing and this is possible because the property window is not a modal window. But when the property window is hidden, this is useless. However, it’s very easy to make a modal window stay on top.
Also, when the property window is displayed but hidden by something else, it should be easy to get it back to the foreground by using Ctrl-Tab. When a Windows app opens multiple windows, Ctrl-Tab is the standard combo allowing to give the focus to another window in the application. But, unless I missed something new, keyboard configuration only exist in the Mac version although the request for a keyboard configurator has been emitted years ago. So, Ctrl-Tab just let’s you switch between Library and Customization mode although this key combo should be left untouched.
I always wondered whether at least one or two developers at DxO are actually using a dual display configuration. I don’t mean just testing on such a configuration but actually using it regularly. They would become aware of various problems appearing in such a case, as the ones I already mentioned multiple times over the last years :
- DPL (6) behavior on dual display configurations
- Make image browser window size and location mode dependent
- Workspace management
- V3 - Selective Tool disappearing - #2 by Pat91
DPL is a wonderful post-processing tool. But the UI has always been a weak point and I guess DxO should hire a developer specializing in the development of modern and effective user interfaces.