Well my UV Editor resides in the default window so if it's gone after minimizing then the most probable cause is that it's off-screen (common problem when you for example copy your preferences to a computer that has only one display.)
You can try deleting the UV Editor window with the following line of MEL-code:
deleteUI uvTextureEditor;
If that doesn't work then you need to delete the userPrefs.mel in the prefs folder in your maya user directory
Yes it's true that when the problem occured I wasn't connected to my second monitor.
However I'm using two displays now, tried both your fixes and still nothing No dice!
Try executing this line of MEL code:
windowPref -topLeftCorner 0 0 -widthHeight 1214 759 -parentMain true uvTextureEditor; NightshadeUVEditor;
If that doesn't work: Open up the script editor, go to history and check all the 4 top checkboxes. Then go to edit > clear all and then type in NightshadeUVEditor in the bottom field. Press Ctrl+Enter to execute.
If the script editor doesn't report any errors then I dunno what is causing this.
Was just gonna post that it didn't give me any errors and walk away crying.
But then! At the last try! Success! I deleted "pluginPrefs.mel", "userPrefs.mel" and "windowPrefs.mel" and executed your code above And it worked! Please see attached .gif below.
Oh man I need this so bad but can't get it to work in 2009. (I'm too cheap to upgrade)
When I try to run the script I get:
// Error: Invalid flag: -staticWidthPane
I'm guessing this is a new UI thing in later versions of maya?
do you perhaps have an older version laying around?
"A: As of now, v1.1.6 works for all versions from 2009 to 2013 (tested and verified) - for both 32 and 64 bit versions.
v1.2 only works for Maya 2011+ but will probably be fixed for Maya 2009-2010 as well."
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Yes it's true that when the problem occured I wasn't connected to my second monitor.
However I'm using two displays now, tried both your fixes and still nothing
windowPref -topLeftCorner 0 0 -widthHeight 1214 759 -parentMain true uvTextureEditor; NightshadeUVEditor;
If that doesn't work: Open up the script editor, go to history and check all the 4 top checkboxes. Then go to edit > clear all and then type in NightshadeUVEditor in the bottom field. Press Ctrl+Enter to execute.
If the script editor doesn't report any errors then I dunno what is causing this.
But then! At the last try! Success! I deleted "pluginPrefs.mel", "userPrefs.mel" and "windowPrefs.mel" and executed your code above
When I try to run the script I get:
// Error: Invalid flag: -staticWidthPane
I'm guessing this is a new UI thing in later versions of maya?
do you perhaps have an older version laying around?
"A: As of now, v1.1.6 works for all versions from 2009 to 2013 (tested and verified) - for both 32 and 64 bit versions.
v1.2 only works for Maya 2011+ but will probably be fixed for Maya 2009-2010 as well."