I recently changed monitor size from 1080p to 4k. ArcPro keeps opening dialog boxes like progress bar windows halfway off screen; it won't remember its location if I move it where it's visible. This keeps confusing me because it looks like ArcPro is idle if I forget this new behavior.
I've tried looking at the registry but found nothing relevant.
Mine does this too and it is incredibly aggravating. I have no idea how long things will take to process sometimes or whether it even register a mouse click because I cannot see the dialog box. Super, duper frustrating.
Same issue here, same level of frustration. My workaround (which I gratefully found somewhere online but now can't remember where) is to press alt-space and then the 'm' key, which then allows you to use the arrow keys to move the dialog box back onto the screen. I would love to find a way to eliminate this issue and force all dialogs to open completely onscreen, though.
Mine is doing the same thing. Has anybody found a fix?
I never did. I ended up changing jobs and getting a new computer. That solved the problem, but there must be an easier way!
@HollyTorpey1 Thank you for that tip. This was the only thing I could find that worked after lots of searching and trying other ideas. The paste-special pop-up would not budget until I tried the alt+space+m combination.
I'm still seeing this issue in October 2023 - especially creating new projects or trying to open templates.
Is there a current solution for this?
This doesn't seem to work for me with the pop up for creating a project from a template.
I was able to get help from Esri tech support on this. They were very helpful. They performed a soft reset of ArcGIS Pro without uninstalling. They were able to preserve my Favorites, while deleting other settings.
Case number was 03457608
https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-questions/modelbuilder-window-opens-outside-screen-area/m-p/874654/highlight/true#M1206
https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/open-dialog-in-same-screen-as-arcgis-pro/idc-p/1398791/highlight/true#M29034
Untested.
Indicate if dialog with exclusive focus is open off-screen
Thank you! Alt+Space+m allowed me to move the Custom Sort dialog back on screen so I could use it! This issue happens to me when I change monitor configurations between office and home. At least now I know how to move the dialog back to where it's usable.
Thanks, this saved me when my color editor appeared halfway off screen!
Alt+Spacebar, M, down, down, down, down, down!
Somewhat related:
ArcGIS Pro random freezing
in case anyone is like me and working through a remote desktop, using the built-in onscreen keyboard utility allowed me to use Alt + Spacebar to move the off-screen dialog box instead of it just working on my physical computer
Hi there everyone, I was having a similar issue, especially after changing my display settings on my laptop and monitor. I know the alt+spacebar+m worked for many people but it did not help me. I reached out to my company's IT department and they gave me a solution that has worked well so far! Navigate to your AppData folder, under local (not roaming), go to ESRI, and then change ArcGISSettings.xml to ArcGISSettings_old.xml. (This will reset your toolbar settings). Open ArcGIS and hopefully your problem will be solved longterm! 🙂
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