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Hi all, a new member here - I hope someone can help. I have tried searching but not found any similar reports.

While playing a video in full screen I clicked (may have been a double click) on the cursor and fullscreen controller at the bottom of the screen, and it suddenly vanished. I was switching between varying the volume and dragging the playback position. I can't find any way of getting it back except F11 which brings it up permanently, along with a tool bar at the top. I had the same thing happen on my other PC, and ended up removing & reinstalling VLC. The options for its position and display time are still showing in the preferences menu. Right clicking brings up a smaller menu, with some controls, but there doesn't seem to be any way of re-instating the floating control bar. Closing and restarting VLC doesn't help, neither does rebooting the PC. I'm running v9.9 on both as I had some other problems with later versions.

Any ideas?

By cursor are you referring to the slider bar on the fullscreen controller?

Assuming it is just a configuration issue, try deleting VLC's preferences. Close all instances of VLC and enter into the address bar of Windows Explorer: And press Enter. That should take you to the Application Data folder. Delete the "vlc" folder, open VLC and try out a video in fullscreen again.

Arite.

Thanks for the reply. I meant the rectangular white box with the Stop/Play/Pause/Skip Back/Skip Fwd/Fullscreen buttons and the slider bar, volume & speed controls. This is normally positioned at the bottom of the screen and disappears after 1.5 seconds for default settings. I deleted the folder, restarted VLC, and the box is back in fullscreen mode. Obviously I then had to reset my preferences.

So that's sorted the problem, but have you any idea how it vanished to start with? As I explained it's happened twice, on 2 different PC's, in both cases whilst clicking in the box to transfer the middle wheel function to the slider bar.

Regards.

Wow!! THANK YOU Arite, a GABAZILLION times!

The "downside" and caveat here, is that you will have to customize your controls again... but having the Floating Toolbar??? Damned well worth it!!!

Besides, it's kind of nice to reformat the Toolbar every once-in-a-while anyway. Right? Give it a "fresh, clean" look.

Again, thank you, for this solution.

One would THINK that the programmers would put-in a function that either docks the toolbar (top, bottom, or heck, even the side [why not?]) with a hotkey command or a radio button or something....

IDK WHY they haven't done this yet. Besides, how DOES it all of a sudden become permanently docked to the bottom of the full screen anyway? I HAD it floating FOR-EVER... then one day --POOOF!!!-- it was permanently docked again, to the bottom of the screen. ----WHY???

On a side note, I personally like my "tools" or "synch" panel OPENED all of the time, at the bottom of my screen, hidden off-screen. That way, I can adjust whichever is opened. And when the Tool Bar is DOCKED, at the bottom of my window, I am not able to access the OTHER "tools" menu. Unless I come out of Full Screen mode or R-click... ...PAIN!!!

VLC programmers... Y'all have the BEST player on the market. I'm not typically a "Fanboy" of ANY kind. Really!! I think that it's simply and utterly juvenile (as the title "boy* suggests. LOL!) but in THIS case, I am as close to being a VLC "Fanboy" as I can (or will allow.)

Thank you for such a WONDERFUL media player. Heh! I have had my computer for over four years now and I haven't even OPENED my "Windows Media Player" yet. I've accidentally clicked on it, but as soon as the "configuration" screen opens, I cancel it. Seriously! I even have a Licensed Quick Time player that I haven't really "used" I just have it for my CG rendering outputs. But then change those, in a different encoder.

Thanks again, for a world-class media player. I don't know what I would do without you guys or VLC. Thanks again, Arite, for the "delete/reset" solution. It works! Flawlessly (well, VIRTUALLY "flawlessly.)" : ) -EB

PS VLC crew: PLEASE fix this "Floating Toolbar" issue. Make a button that docks and undocks the darned thing. That or just have one that we can click on and drag to undock and drag to dock (see: Adobe's programs for examples.) Simple!!! Right?