Bringing a box into view that is off-screen

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It is possible for the boxes that SpecView displays, to be positioned off-screen, which means they are not visible.

This is because it is useful if SpecView remembers the last position of a box, so when it is opened again it appears in the same place.

However, if the last time SpecView it was run it was on a larger display monitor, then the box can end up positioned such that it is off-screen.

 

The Preferences box (accessed by choosing Preferences from the File menu) has a Settings tab which allows the position of most boxes to be reset:

 

Preferences_Settings

 

However, not all boxes can be repositioned using this, for example the Strategy Controller box.

 

Therefore  there is a trick in Windows that allows the position of boxes which are off-screen to be moved.

 

To do this, for example for the Strategy box, follow these steps - which will seem to do nothing until 'Step 5':

 

1.Choose Strategy Controller from the Setup menu, this will ensure that the box has keyboard focus, even though it can't be seen.
2.Press ALT and Spacebar together.
3.Press M.
4.Press a cursor arrow key, such as the up-arrow key, once.
5.Now the mouse has control over the window, so now move the mouse around until the window appears.