DaVinci Resolve Studio 20 Effects panel in the center

Hello everyone,
i've just updated to DaVinci 20. I have noticed the effects panel is no longer on the bottom left side next to the timeline, instead is opening in the middle next to the video previews. This happens on different timeline formats like 16x9 and 9x16.

Is there any way to move the effects pannel on the bottom left next to the timeline?

This happens on macOS and Windows 11 in absolutely the same way. I'm attaching screeshots to show the problem.

Davinci Effects panel Off

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Davinci Effects Panel On

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Click the Expand button. (Down arrow left of Media Pool icon, upper left of GUI.)

Hey Jim, thanks that work for the 16x9 timeline (see screen shot below)

davinci effects panel in 16x9 timeline

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Click the Expand button. (Down arrow left of Media Pool icon, upper left of GUI.)

Thanks Jim, this worked when my timeline is in 1920x1080 (16x9 in general)

davinci effect panel bottom left.

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But when i open 9x16 (vertical timeline for story, reel formats), that arrow is inactive and the effects panel is in the the top middle space on the layout (screenshot below)

davinci effect panel top middle

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I know it's been a while since this was posted, so not sure if you ever found the solution but was struggling with the same issue for a while and was such a pain trying to find a fix...

If you want to show the Medial Pool and Effects stacked for Vertical Video, you'll have to disable "Use Optimized UI layouts for vertical video" under User Preferences > UI settings - see below:

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Vertical Video UI with Optimized UI enabled:

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Vertical Video UI with Optimized UI disabled:

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Hope this helps.

I know it's been a while since this was posted, so not sure if you ever found the solution but was struggling with the same issue for a while and was such a pain trying to find a fix...

If you want to show the Medial Pool and Effects stacked for Vertical Video, you'll have to disable "Use Optimized UI layouts for vertical video" under User Preferences > UI settings - see below:

Screenshot 2025-05-31 at 06.06.25.png

Vertical Video UI with Optimized UI enabled:

Screenshot 2025-05-31 at 06.07.38.png

Vertical Video UI with Optimized UI disabled:

Screenshot 2025-05-31 at 06.10.43.png

Hope this helps.

ZOG! You are the man! Great tip, I can't believe they didn't default to this, it's much more like we are used to.