timidi
Sorry if I offended you Chuck. I appreciate your efforts.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions. Tried them all. Still doesn't work. 
 

timidi
Glad it works for you. Doesn't work for me. Thanks
 
I was merely confirming that Sonar didn't require a Screenset or any other option to be selected, but I have the CV open all of the time, I don't close it on Save or Exit.  Good luck. 
 

 
As I said, Glad it works for you. Doesn't work for me. Thanks. 
There is no innuendo in my response.
I'm glad it works for you.
Just wish it would work for me.  

Okay lets start over then
Are you using a template created in a previous version of Sonar (previous Platinum update I mean)
Sometimes Templates created in older updates / as  newer updates are installed our old Templates can become corrupt.
Which makes sense believe it or not, because as features are added, bugs fixed and settings changed (in newer updates), our older Templates cant find previous settings and may go array.
 
I live by the Template myself but I try and update them every few updates.
thus keeping them up to date.
I know the templates should work flawless but as we both know, Sonar isn't perfect.
 
If not using Templates, could be due to a Windows Theme.
 
Hope this helps.
 

Obviously I'm missing something here. But, I don't see why templates would have anything to do with my problem except on new projects? I mean we're talking about project templates, 'normal.tmp', right?.  
 
Anyway, that said, I think I fixed it. Not really clear as to which tweak did it though.
I did find that, ah hah, the console view and the dock are both separately undockable. Well, not really, as the dock doesn't maintain it's undockability. 
 
And yes, then comes the #1 screenset. I think you have to re-save it when making global changes. And, since there is no 'screenset save' button, you have to copy and re-move 2 screensets. 
 
idunno. all pretty wacky.
 
Thanks
 

AFAIK, the multidock when instantiated will always dock (its default state), so if you want it left undocked you must never close/exit it (the D hotkey is your friend here to minimize/restore the window size). If you close/exit it, the multidock will always come up docked (mentioned above).

what im trying to say is...do you only have this problem on new projects ?
or projects you used a project template on ?
 
all good though. if you got it to your liking that's all that matters.
 
 
PS your right there is no save button for the screensets, that's why in my first post I suggested "Lock it".
that is basically its save function.

bitflipper
Open a new project, undock everything and save it as the default template. 

 
Yes, this is what I did too way back when, but always with the CV undocked and on that RH monitor.  I never close the CV.