Variable Watcher disappeared

[Geoff Canyon]

You can also accomplish most of this by right-clicking a stack in
Navigator, and selecting Go > Show on the popup menu. That centers the
stack on screen and shows it. It's meant to be guaranteed, so if there are
other steps to take to ensure a stack presents itself, I'm happy to add
them.

On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 10:19 AM Martin Koob via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi Bob
>
> So you can see the Script Editor but you can’t see the variables pane at
> the bottom?
>
> There is a drag handle at the bottom of the Script Editor pane to resize
> it.   Maybe you accidentally dragged that to the bottom hiding the variable
> pane at the bottom.
>
> Even if you did that you should still see the tabs for ‘Errors’;
> ‘Variables’; ‘Documentation’; ‘Breakpoints’; ’Search Results’.
>
> You should be able to drag the Drag handle up to reveal the bottom pane.
>
>
> The following doesn’t probably apply to you if your Script Editor Stack is
> open and visible.
>
> You probably know this but another thing that happens to me is that some
> of the LiveCode stacks disappear randomly.
>
> One thing that happens is that they somehow get moved offscreen.
>
> To get them back I first check if they are there by typing the following
> into the message box.
>
> put the openstacks
>
> That should result in a list like this.
>
> Message Box
> My Demo Stack
> revInspector
> revTools
> revNewScriptEditor 1
> revDictionary
> revMenuBar
> Improve LiveCode Handler Finder
> com.livecode.palette.autocomplete.completions
>
> If you see the stack in the list that you are looking for you can relocate
> it back to the screen by setting its location to something that will be on
> your display by entering the following in the message box.
> set the topleft of stack "revtools" to 100,100
>
>
>
>
>
> Two other reasons stacks disappear is that they become hidden or closed.
>
>
>
> If the stack is closed then enter the following in the message box
>
> open stack “revtools
>
>
>
> If the stack is open but hidden enter
>
> show stack “revtools”
>
> If it is your message box that you can’t find then there is nothing you
> can do….
>
>
> … Just kidding.  ;-)
>
> Just type command key + M to show the message box.
>
>
> Bob, I am sure this is covering things you already know  but just in case
> there others in future are looking for this I added the other cases where
> your LiveCode IDE stacks disappear.
>
> BTW I am using LC 9.6.9 on a M1 Max Mac running Ventura 13.41
>
> Martin
>
> > On Aug 8, 2023, at 12:28 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Not sure how I did it but I can no longer see the variables while
> debugging. The bottom pane has disappeared and nothing I can find can get
> it back. Any ideas?
> >
> > Bob S
> >
> >
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