I had to find my missing Toolbox recently which was located somewhere off screen and I remembered this tip from Tom De Vis. I thought it a good idea to put it here - for me if I ever need it again - and for anyone else who can't find an open palette but doesn't want to reset.
What you need to do on a pc when a palette is showing outside of your screen is:
1. make sure the palette is closed (via the window drop down menu)
2. open it via the window drop down menu
3. don't click or press anything after and just press "ALT + SPACE"
4. then press "M"
5. press "ARROW_KEY" (any will do
6. now you can move your mouse and the palette will be follow the cursor. (you can also use the arrow keys to move)
This is however a windows based trick and would not work on mac.
I have this issue with my Advanced brush control window. I click it and it doesn't show up anymore. It does show up in other workspaces.
Nm, it worked, thanks so much.
What I did instead of your step 1 and 2...since there is no Advanced Brush Control in the drop down menu afaik?...I toggled on the advanced brush control icon so it turned blue...then did your steps, and suddenly the window appeared on my cursor.
Thank you.
this is an awesome tip! thanks.
another workaround is to save the workspace and then reloading it will bring the panels back to their saved positions. of course, the workspace has to be saved BEFORE it can be used to recover off screen palettes. so it's a good idea to do that asap!
:)