No "Docked Mode" option in "Preview" settings in Android Studio once undocked

Question

Here is the Docked mode option for "Preview" window.

Preview Setting with Docked mode option

I removed the docked mode i.e. undocked it. And here is what I got.

Preview Setting without Docked mode option

There is no more "Docked Mode" option. Now I cannot properly work with designing layouts. Preview automatically hides when I change anything in the layout.

Samir · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-18T04:40:47.767

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Here is the simple solution for reverting to "Docked Mode".

Select the Preview Window
Go to Window menu > Active Tool Window

Docked Mode in Window menu

There you go. The Preview window is in Docked Mode. And there is the option for Docked Mode again.

Preview Setting with Docked mode option

edited Jun 18 '15 at 04:40

answered May 11 '15 at 05:16

Samir

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My situation is worse: in "Active Tool Window" menu, the entry "Docked mode" is grayed out! – qwlice Sep 29 '16 at 08:53
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I unchecked "Floating mode" and "Docked mode" turned enabled. For future reference. – qwlice Sep 29 '16 at 08:59
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Time. Saved my time – X09 Dec 13 '16 at 20:39
Literally can't work without this being docked, thanks! – Jraco11 May 20 '17 at 03:34
In Intellij you can dock and undock from the same place, which is obviously the correct design. The odd behavior remains in Studio 3.0.1 -- why is it not fixed? – Mike Hanafey Dec 20 '17 at 15:16

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 08 '17 at 07:21

Option 1

First open any layout file to set the preview as active window. Then as the first answer says, goto Window in menu > Active Tool Window > Select Pinned Mode, Docked Mode and Split Mode

Option 2

Open a layout file. If the preview window doesn't appear, first make it visible by clicking View in menu > Tool Windows > Preview. Now preview window will appear. Then right click on the Toolbar in the preview window itself (the one with blue color) to show a list of options. Then there, select Pinned Mode, Docked Mode and Split Mode

Regards.

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 05 '17 at 11:03

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The first answer is right, but you must first click Preview Window. Then you go to Window menu > Active Tool Window, choose Docked Window and Pinned Mode.

edited Sep 05 '17 at 11:03

Nander Speerstra

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answered Sep 05 '17 at 07:59

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score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 14 '18 at 09:23

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Here is the simple solution for reverting to "Docked Mode" preview:

Go to Window menu > Active Tool Window>Docked Mode(true).

edited Mar 14 '18 at 09:23

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answered Mar 14 '18 at 09:09

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 02 '16 at 05:19

It didn't worked for me , But helped me ,Thank you.

Another Solution is 1.Select Preview window(Focus on it) 2.Unselect Floating mode and Pinned mode 3.goto Window -> Active Tool Window -> 4.Unselect Floating mode and Pinned mode 5.Now you can see Docked window option here(Window -> Active Tool Window ->) 6.Select Docked Window

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered May 13 '17 at 05:36

If pin mode and docked mode options in window are in a gray color, then First, go to window-> restore default layout-> again go to window->active tool window, pin mode and docked mode options will automatically made visible, so that we can select(or tick) them.

No "Docked Mode" option in "Preview" settings in Android Studio once undocked

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