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I recently switched to Android Studio and noticed that the tool windows have a Docked Mode option when I click on the little Gear icon in each tool window.

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I personally prefer the Un-Docked Mode(as the tool window minimizes conveniently when I click in the editor) and set every tool window(except the Project Explorer) to be Un-Docked.

But every time I restart Android Studio it irritatingly converts all Tool Windows back to Docked Mode.This was very easy to do in Eclipse but after searching online for quite a bit, I still don't know how to save the UnDocked mode for Tool Windows in Android Studio. Any ideas how to solve this?

kpsfoo
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    My settings are saved when I do this, so it could be that there is some problem with your config. However, you may want to try and use `Window` -> `Store Current Layout as Default` from the main menu and see if that does the trick. If that fails, maybe try to reset your configuration (see [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19384033/how-to-reset-android-studio)). – free3dom Apr 17 '14 at 08:00
  • I updated to Android Studio 0.5.5 and the problem was fixed! – kpsfoo Apr 17 '14 at 12:55

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Today's update to Android Studio 0.5.5 fixed the problem for me! Now Android Studio always remembers to save the state of the tool windows!

kpsfoo
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Unlike @kpsfoo, I want the tool window on the docked mode, but I did something and wasn't able to go back... Finally I went to file > settings > I did search for "docked" in the search box and created a keyboard shortcut. This way I'm able to quickly switch on and off the docked mode.

I hope it could help somebody...

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