Love the Software but almost unusable now Help!

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Love the Software but almost unusable now Help!

Postby Gauthijm » Mon Nov 24, 2025 5:11 pm

Hi gang

I used to have a very nice, standard 3 split window setup which I thought was the default

I had newsgroup on 1 side (left), on right side was the NZB file displayed that I could downalod etc

and the bottom half was the file list with portions of teh download shown, and pictures files there too to be able to double click on eiher the

1- picture files and it opened
2- video files an it opened

Now I have floating windows, its all a mess, I just wish my defaults back and it be locked

can some kind soul help me out , so I can

RESET or Place the windows in their useful locked default setting, so I can use Newsbin again?

Help!
Take care

Jean
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Re: Love the Software but almost unusable now Help!

Postby Gauthijm » Wed Nov 26, 2025 12:20 pm

Hi gang
can I get some help please, mynewsbin is all but unusable

Thx
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Re: Love the Software but almost unusable now Help!

Postby mimauk » Fri Nov 28, 2025 3:44 pm

This Help page shows how to move panes around and set them up.

https://help.newsbin.com/index.php/V600-FirstTime
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Re: Love the Software but almost unusable now Help!

Postby Gauthijm » Fri Nov 28, 2025 8:34 pm

I have already set it up a while back and it is messed up

How do I reset it to a 3 window setup that is usable ?

Help
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Re: Love the Software but almost unusable now Help!

Postby mimauk » Sat Nov 29, 2025 9:34 am

In that Help page look at the "Placement Crosshair". It has a central box and 4 more boxes at North South East and West.

The central box is the 'Search' Tab/pane to which all the other tabs/panes are anchored to. If you grab a tab/pane by left clicking and holding it, the placement crosshair appears and you can drag your captured pane over to the crosshair and put it where you want in the N,S,E,W position or if you put it on the central box it will lock onto the Search Tab and appear as a Tab next to the Search tab.

My personal preference is to have all the panes I want to view as Tabs along the top Tool Bar so that I just need to select the tab of which one I want to view at that time.

You could also click on the View selection button and tick on the 3 panes you mentioned and make sure no others are selected and see how the panes position themselves.

You say it is messed up now so just play around with the Placement crosshair and drag panes and tabs around.

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