Minimize Resolve UI in Windows?

Any plans to add the ability to Minimize Resolve under Windows OS? I'm finding this to be my biggest annoyance with the program right now.

Thanks,
Mitch

I rarely use those buttons in the top right corner anyways. Make keyboard shortcuts your friend. Alt+Tab can cycle through until you get to another program or desktop. If you have not turned off the cool visuals of Windows, Windows Logo+Tab is nice to cycle through open programs or the desktop. Windows Logo+D minimizes everything and Windows Logo+E gives you Explorer. I assume these are the same for Windows 8. Blackmagic would probably just say that you shouldn't have any other programs running so no need to put those buttons, but I like to Explore my HDD sometimes outside of DaVinci.

[Dwaine Maggart]

If you go into the View menu and select the User Interface Layout option, then select Show Window Frame, you will be able to minimize Resolve in Windows.

How do you do this in Resolve 12.5? I've reset my UI layout and I can't seem to get it into windowed mode. I'm sure I was using it before. I've searched the manual for "Window Frame", but nothing is found.

[Dwaine Maggart]

Go to the Color page.

Select the Workspace menu.

Select Layout.

Select Full Screen.

If Full Screen is checked, you lose the task bar. If Full Screen is not checked, you will see the task bar.

And I should have also mentioned, once you can see the Windows Task bar, then you can also minimize Resolve with the minimize icon, same as other apps.

How do you do this in Resolve 12.5? I've reset my UI layout and I can't seem to get it into windowed mode. I'm sure I was using it before. I've searched the manual for "Window Frame", but nothing is found.

I don't think this works anymore. However, if you are on Windows 10, there is a much better option. Windows 10 offers multiple Desktops, so if you hold down the Ctrl and Windows keys on your keyboard (bottom left), and then press the right arrow key, you will be presented with entirely new Desktops. Just load Resolve (or any other application) in its own Desktop -- and then switch between them, as opposed to having to repeatedly minimize applications.

How do you do this in Resolve 12.5? I've reset my UI layout and I can't seem to get it into windowed mode. I'm sure I was using it before. I've searched the manual for "Window Frame", but nothing is found.

I don't think this works anymore. However, if you are on Windows 10, there is a much better option. Windows 10 offers multiple Desktops, so if you hold down the Ctrl and Windows keys on your keyboard (bottom left), and then press the right arrow key, you will be presented with entirely new Desktops. Just load Resolve (or any other application) in its own Desktop -- and then switch between them, as opposed to having to repeatedly minimize applications.

same is true for Linux

same is true for Linux

Same is true on Mac OSX using Mission control and "Spaces."

As Dwayne said it works just fine in Windows as long as it's not in 'Full screen' mode as then you lose the bars along the top and bottom. If you make sure it's not ticked then Resolve works the same as any other program allowing you to use the standard Maximize/minimize buttons in Windows, you can even resize the Resolve main window so it doesn't use the whole screen.

As Thomas said over a year ago you can also just use 'Alt+tab' to move between programs, so no need for multiple desktops.

Making the change in the Workspace menu did the trick for me. The alt-tab method was causing some problems. Some programs wouldn't come to the front when Resolve was running. I would alt-tab to them, but instead of that program coming to the front, Resolve would.

I've been holding off on updating to Windows 10 because I really need to do a clean install rather than an upgrade, and that will be a major headache.

Personally, I think it would be more intuitive to have the Full Sceen option under the View menu.

"Full screen" on mine - windows10 and DR 12.5 - is ticked and greyed out.

if I go to single screen all is fine but dual screen it's greyed out.

Any thoughts?

"Full screen" on mine - windows10 and DR 12.5 - is ticked and greyed out.

if I go to single screen all is fine but dual screen it's greyed out.

Any thoughts?

If you have Dual Screen turned on -- the Full Screen toggle option becomes inactive and greyed-out. I assume there is a reason for this behavior, although I don't know what it might be. At any rate, the use of multiple Desktops, regardless of one's computing platform, is a more than adequate solution. However, on Windows, you must be on version 10 to access this feature.

not sure the reasoning behind not having it as an option on dual screen....oh well.

(on windows)
try

shortcut windows logo +arrow down to halve the window height or without space task bar
repeat = totaly minimize (icon only)
Windows key + arrow above: restore the height without task bar
repeat = totaly maximize with task bar

Davinci Resolve reacts a little differently than what is provided by MS but should be adapted ...


see a complete list of keyboard shortcuts:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... =windows-7
then
Windows logo key keyboard shortcuts

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Thanks Jean.

Works for other programs but not DR for me. Neither dual screen or single screen.

multiple desktops seems the only (that can find) option for dual screen. Will just take my old brain a bit to learn a new trick haha

I really wish Resolve would sort this and use the normal interface that Windows provides. Yes there are workarounds but most editors work with two screens so dual screen doesn't work as expected. Yes I know all the shortcuts. But why break something that works for every other windows app?

Go to the Color page.

Select the Workspace menu.

Select Layout.

Select Full Screen.

If Full Screen is checked, you lose the task bar. If Full Screen is not checked, you will see the task bar.

And I should have also mentioned, once you can see the Windows Task bar, then you can also minimize Resolve with the minimize icon, same as other apps.

On Win 10 v14.3 In Dual Monitor mode it is grayed out. Anyway to do this in that mode???

Workspace
Reset UI Layout