Cannot turn off Windows Console window inside Blender 3.3 #97813

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Bill Ortis · 2022-05-03T15:48:17+02:00

Bill Ortis commented

2022-05-03 15:48:17 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.19044-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 457.51

Blender Version
Broken: version: 3.3.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2022-05-03 11:49, hash: f586c3ba21
Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected)

Short description of error
When one turns on 'Windows/Console' and then tries to turn it off, one cannot. The 'X' is grayed out. You must turn off Blender.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Turn on Blender,
Turn on Windows/Console
Try to turn it off. There appears to be no way except to turn off Blender. If you have work that needs to be saved, its going to be lost. I also tried typing in 'end', using escape key, etc.

It occurred to me to let you all know about this. I thought, it has a X on the top right to turn off the Console, but its grayed out for some reason. I have tried Alt-F4. Only turning off Blender and restarting it gets rid of the Console window.

I was trying to figure out why Blender is crashing on my project when I export it via the SDK, hoping Console might shed some light on that, and found this happening. I thought I should report it.

Great to see 3.3 is out! Christmas!

Bill Ortis
LHC

[Based on the default startup or an attached .blend file (as simple as possible)]

**System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.19044-SP0 64 Bits Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 457.51 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 3.3.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2022-05-03 11:49, hash: `f586c3ba21` Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected) **Short description of error** When one turns on 'Windows/Console' and then tries to turn it off, one cannot. The 'X' is grayed out. You must turn off Blender. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Turn on Blender, Turn on Windows/Console Try to turn it off. There appears to be no way except to turn off Blender. If you have work that needs to be saved, its going to be lost. I also tried typing in 'end', using escape key, etc. It occurred to me to let you all know about this. I thought, it has a X on the top right to turn off the Console, but its grayed out for some reason. I have tried Alt-F4. Only turning off Blender and restarting it gets rid of the Console window. I was trying to figure out why Blender is crashing on my project when I export it via the SDK, hoping Console might shed some light on that, and found this happening. I thought I should report it. ![Screenshot 2022-05-03 063958.jpg](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F13049351/Screenshot_2022-05-03_063958.jpg) Great to see 3.3 is out! Christmas! Bill Ortis LHC [Based on the default startup or an attached .blend file (as simple as possible)]

Bill Ortis commented

2022-05-03 15:48:17 +02:00

Added subscriber: @lionheart001

Ray molenkamp commented

2022-05-03 16:03:54 +02:00

Added subscriber: @LazyDodo

Ray molenkamp commented

2022-05-03 16:03:54 +02:00

Window->Toggle System Console should hide it again, the X is disabled since the console window is actually blenders main window, you close it with the X it closes blender instantly without saving, people lost work, so for safety it is disabled.

Ray molenkamp commented

2022-05-03 16:04:08 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Needs User Info'

Pratik Borhade commented

2022-06-08 11:52:55 +02:00

Added subscriber: @PratikPB2123

Pratik Borhade commented

2022-06-08 11:52:55 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs User Info' to: 'Archived'

Pratik Borhade closed this issue

2022-06-08 11:52:55 +02:00

Pratik Borhade commented

2022-06-08 11:52:55 +02:00

X is disabled since the console window is actually blenders main window, you close it with the X it closes blender instantly without saving, people lost work, so for safety it is disabled.

Closing this ticket since X is disabled on purpose
As Lazydodo said, you can hide console window again from {nav Window > Toggle System Console}

> X is disabled since the console window is actually blenders main window, you close it with the X it closes blender instantly without saving, people lost work, so for safety it is disabled. Closing this ticket since `X` is disabled on purpose As Lazydodo said, you can hide console window again from {nav Window > Toggle System Console}

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Cannot turn off Windows Console window inside Blender 3.3 #97813