What WAS is describing is not normal TG behaviour on Windows.
Quote from: raymoh on June 29, 2021, 04:57:37 AMSince it seems to be impossible to disable the render preview permanently, you always have to do this manually.
You can - sort of - "disable the Preview Render" as follows:
go to every tab in the TG interface (Object, Terrain, Shaders...etc) and close the 3D Preview.
Once you do that, it does not come back (open up) on its own. If you need it, use F4 (Windows) on any tab or use the button at the top.
Of course, you have to close it manually again in this tab. F4 is not a on/off switch for the preview window.
Neither is F3 for the Render View. Anyways, I always use Ctrl+R to get the the render started.
It was nice (I know I repeat myself) when you could open the 3D Preview as a floating window.
But as Matt said way back this is not possible anymore (or so) because of how the RTP works now.
On Windows any program window that has the focus comes to the foreground of the desktop.
You can program a "Always on top" behaviour into the the program (like the Task Manager has),
but that has to be implemented by the developer.
On Windows the "Render Window" cannot be docked into the TG Gui - sadly.
Windows has the "Taskbar" where you have a button for each open program window.
You simply need to click there and choose which window should come to the foreground.
Use the "Windows" key on your keyboard to see the Taskbar. Because TG hides the Taskbar when in Full Screen Mode. (Win 7 here).
That is also something the developer could prevent.
Quote from: raymoh on June 29, 2021, 04:57:37 AMIf the render preview is still active during the rendering process (you forgot to stop it), the render preview will be stopped at the beginning of the rendering process, but will be continued after the rendering process is finished and will most likely bring the corresponding window to the foreground again...
No. That is not standard Windows behaviour. After a render finishes without user intervention
there is no change of focus on the open program windows.
The 3D Preview does not start where it was interrupted by starting the "Render Window".
It refreshes the scene from scratch - which really is even more grrrrr&*$%^....
Changing settings while a image is rendered in the "Render View" is prone to lead to crashes. We all know this, I think.
On the other hand: why does not everybody use at least 2 monitors...."problem" solved
CHeers, Klaus