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ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

JakeJohnson — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 15:30:42 GMT

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.

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

mofree — Fri, 21 May 2021 20:30:37 GMT

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.

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

HollyTorpey1 — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 21:00:13 GMT

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.

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

CWilliamLee — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:12:44 GMT

Mine is doing the same thing. Has anybody found a fix?

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

HollyTorpey_LSA — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:53:39 GMT

I never did. I ended up changing jobs and getting a new computer. That solved the problem, but there must be an easier way!

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

JasminePrater — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 22:25:26 GMT

@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.

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

DevinRoth — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 16:06:58 GMT

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?

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

DevinRoth — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 16:08:44 GMT

This doesn't seem to work for me with the pop up for creating a project from a template.

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

DevinRoth — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:11:49 GMT

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

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

Bud — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:50:07 GMT

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.

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

Bud — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:39:24 GMT

Indicate if dialog with exclusive focus is open off-screen

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

MatthewLeonard — Wed, 08 May 2024 23:29:34 GMT

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.

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

ErikBreedon — Fri, 31 May 2024 18:15:54 GMT

Thanks, this saved me when my color editor appeared halfway off screen!

Alt+Spacebar, M, down, down, down, down, down!

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

Bud — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:41:45 GMT

Somewhat related:

ArcGIS Pro random freezing

Re: ArcPro dialog boxes showing up halfway off screen

ChelseaRozek — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:27:56 GMT

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