Now Time Marker disappearing

How are you switching? By pressing "D"?
What happens if you drag the console window down half-way so you can see Track and Console views and then switch?

No, they are not "open together". You can drag the bottom/top edge of the window up and down, like a window blind. So although you have the "Console" tab visible at the bottom, you can drag half-way and see both.
 
Then, if you hit "D", it flips the track view to the front and back.
 
But probably the Now marker is outside of your visible window, that's all.
 

Ah. I am now trying it in my X1 and I am getting similar effect.
Trying to make sense of it ...

...and now I cannot make the Now marker disappear again.
But I am getting other strange effects in X1, such as when I move a window size, it is not redrawing correctly.
No, sorry, I am not getting very far.

I can't recreate the problem. It seems to be happening at random.
 
I have the latest driver for my graphics card (960gtx) and the latest version of Sonar Artist.

nope, same with platinum sometimes in some projects... absolutely random!

Ok, on my end I do not think this is a bug. I managed to figure out how to make the now time marker disappear. I have been doing a few projects in Sonar 8.5. In using it, I sometimes go into console view and then X out of it. I was doing that in Sonar Platinum where if audio is NOT playing, you would shut down the program. So it is my belief that the time line is going away missing instead of the project shutting down in the middle of a playback due to me pressing X to get out of console view instead of selecting a new screen set. So if anyone may be hitting X by accident or whatever, that could be a reason you are losing your now time. I don't think anyone would want to close Sonar while audio is playing....but this is one way to make your line disappear. :)
-Danny

Danny Danzi
I managed to figure out how to make the now time marker disappear. I have been doing a few projects in Sonar 8.5. In using it, I sometimes go into console view and then X out of it. I was doing that in Sonar Platinum where if audio is NOT playing, you would shut down the program. So it is my belief that the time line is going away missing instead of the project shutting down in the middle of a playback due to me pressing X to get out of console view instead of selecting a new screen set. So if anyone may be hitting X by accident or whatever, that could be a reason you are losing your now time.

That's what I've been doing. I still can't get used to the new layout and I keep pressing X on the top when closing console view causing the now marker to disappear. 
 
It is a bug though.
 

brundlefly
Maybe I misunderstood. Are we talking about the Now Marker that indicates where playback started (if On Stop Rewind to Now is enabled), or the Now Cursor that moves during playback? And does it matter whether On Stop Rewind is enabled or not?
 
Also, is the Console floated or unfloated when maximized?
 
I can't seem to reproduce a problem with any permutation of these options.

It's both. The now marker and the vertical line that moves during playback. Rewind on stop option on/off doesn't make any difference to the bug.
 
Open a project, press Play. Open console view, maximize it. Hit the X in the upper right hand corner as you would close console view in older versions of Sonar. Then close console view normally. Now marker and Now Cursor are gone.
Another example. Open a project. Once you've hit Play, open Console in normal view (not maximized). Then click on top of the console window and drag it all the way to the top so it covers the Track view completely. Hit the X on the top then either close the console or drag its window down back to where it was. 
 
Above examples are with the console docked.