Startup File: Header Collapse Menu not restored after restarting blender #59451

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Daniel Grauer · 2018-12-16T11:11:03+01:00

Daniel Grauer commented

2018-12-16 11:11:03 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: windows 10 64bit
Graphics card: Nvidia gtx m860

Blender Version
Broken:
version: 2.80 (sub 37), branch: blender2.8, commit date: 2018-12-16 00:27, hash: 4488056f3d, type: Release

Worked: (optional)
2.79b

Short description of error
when using Collapse Menu on the header and restarting blender the setting is ignored and the header menu is expanded again.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Based on the default startup or an attached .blend file (as simple as possible).

open blender 2.8
collapse the header menu
save startup file so we save the header configuration
restart blender
5.the Header menu is expanded again after a restart, other headers like the editor menu stay collapsed after a restart.

**System Information** Operating system: windows 10 64bit Graphics card: Nvidia gtx m860 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 2.80 (sub 37), branch: blender2.8, commit date: 2018-12-16 00:27, hash: 4488056f3d9, type: Release Worked: (optional) 2.79b **Short description of error** when using Collapse Menu on the header and restarting blender the setting is ignored and the header menu is expanded again. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Based on the default startup or an attached .blend file (as simple as possible). 1. open blender 2.8 2. collapse the header menu ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F5970111/image.png) ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F5970121/image.png) 3. save startup file so we save the header configuration ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F5970116/image.png) 4. restart blender 5.the Header menu is expanded again after a restart, other headers like the editor menu stay collapsed after a restart. ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F5970138/image.png)

Daniel Grauer commented

2018-12-16 11:11:03 +01:00

Added subscriber: @DanielGrauer

blender-admin commented

2018-12-16 11:11:03 +01:00

blender/blender-file#68961 was marked as duplicate of this issue

Jacques Lucke commented

2018-12-17 13:39:40 +01:00

Added subscriber: @JacquesLucke

Jacques Lucke commented

2018-12-17 13:39:40 +01:00

I can reproduce that.

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2019-02-13 18:03:01 +01:00

Added subscriber: @brecht

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2019-02-13 18:03:01 +01:00

We are not actually saving the top and status bar editor contents currently. This could be enabled but needs some testing.

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2019-08-22 11:53:45 +02:00

Added subscribers: @Miadim, @lichtwerk, @ideasman42, @JulianEisel, @WilliamReynish

Philipp Oeser changed title from ~~Header Collapse Menu not restored after restarting blender~~ to Startup File: Header Collapse Menu not restored after restarting blender

2019-10-30 13:00:07 +01:00

Julian Eisel commented

2020-01-17 16:57:39 +01:00

Like Brecht said we don't write global area data to files yet. There is code for it that used to work fine, but we disabled it for master as there was still too much in progress work going on.

Since then no too important data was added to them that would be worth storing - I think this is the only issue this causes. Once they are stored, we have to start caring about compatibility. It will also increase file size then (okay, that's a minor increase but every byte is sacred in .blends ;) ).

So yeah, we could get this to work but I'm not convinced it's worth it yet.

Like Brecht said we don't write global area data to files yet. There is code for it that used to work fine, but we disabled it for master as there was still too much in progress work going on. Since then no too important data was added to them that would be worth storing - I think this is the only issue this causes. Once they are stored, we have to start caring about compatibility. It will also increase file size then (okay, that's a minor increase but every byte is sacred in .blends ;) ). So yeah, we could get this to work but I'm not convinced it's worth it yet.

Philipp Oeser commented

2023-01-31 12:16:07 +01:00

Added subscriber: @dr.sybren

Philipp Oeser commented

2023-01-31 12:16:07 +01:00

@JulianEisel @dr.sybren : a bit confused about #blender_file ...
https://developer.blender.org/tag/blender_file/ says it is a repo, but is it really?
What is it about?
If this is just a tag, I would assume this would indeed be useful to tag stuff that is about writing data to .blend files (or not).

@JulianEisel @dr.sybren : a bit confused about #blender_file ... https://developer.blender.org/tag/blender_file/ says it is a repo, but is it really? What is it about? If this is just a tag, I would assume this would indeed be useful to tag stuff that is about writing data to .blend files (or not).

Julian Eisel commented

2023-01-31 18:57:53 +01:00

It is referring to a repo: https://developer.blender.org/source/blender-file/

This is/was a tool to inspect .blend files from Python.

It is referring to a repo: https://developer.blender.org/source/blender-file/ This is/was a tool to inspect .blend files from Python.

Philipp Oeser commented

2023-01-31 19:21:47 +01:00

In #59451#1482192, @JulianEisel wrote:
It is referring to a repo: https://developer.blender.org/source/blender-file/

This is/was a tool to inspect .blend files from Python.

ah that. Gee, I should have known, I used this indirectly through BAT quite a bit (long time ago though).
All makes sense now, thx clarifying.

> In #59451#1482192, @JulianEisel wrote: > It is referring to a repo: https://developer.blender.org/source/blender-file/ > > This is/was a tool to inspect .blend files from Python. ah that. Gee, I should have known, I used this indirectly through BAT quite a bit (long time ago though). All makes sense now, thx clarifying.

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Startup File: Header Collapse Menu not restored after restarting blender #59451