Going Back To Old Window Behavior

Nuendo
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Is it possible to get Nuendo to behave how it used to as far as the different windows go (on Windows)?

With the latest version, if I have the project window and mix window open plus something else like a Windows Explorer or Chrome window open, when I want to go to work in Nuendo, if I click on the project window, the project window will come to the top over the Chrome window but the mixer window stays hidden behind the Chrome window until I actually click on the mixer window.

Makes it very annoying when toggling between different programs. I have to “select” all of the different windows in Nuendo to bring them up.

Alt+tab also doesn’t work anymore when you have an “Always on top” window in Nuendo (I always have the little control room and marker windows open). When you hit alt+tab Nuendo still stays selected. It tabs to the floating windows even though they don’t show up as items to tab to so a single alt+tab click keeps you stuck in Nuendo and not going to another program open.

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Hi,

I’m not a Windows user, but if I remember correctly, you’re still able to show the Cubase background. I believe you can enable/disable it via Double-click on the menu-bar.

Then, it should work the way you described.

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there is this thread as well on the same issue. I really hope it gets resolved soon Nuendo 14 - Mediabay - Losing focus when typing on the search bar (Windows)

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This ability has likely been lost with the new window handling in Cubase and Nuendo for Windows, where the menu bar is no longer its own window.

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Yes, it is because of that change but there should be a way to get it to behave like it used to regardless of the menu bar no longer being its own window. I can’t be the only one who has to toggle between different programs while working and it’s very annoying to go back to Nuendo only to have half of the windows still covered up by the other program until I click them and bring them all to the top.

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Right, that part of the behavior could perhaps change to be more like it was before.

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Yea the window/focus handling in Windows is a frustrating, and often inconsistent, mess. Works fine if you stick in Nuendo, but as you say any sort of context-switching task involves needless extra clicks to get back to the Nuendo window you were at previously.

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I don’t think we should look back in this case because that wasn’t good either.
It would be nice if Steinberg finds a way to bring all Nuendo windows to the front to the screen as soon as one of them becomes the active task.

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If you are using Windows 11, one solution may be to use a second desktop and have all of your other apps in that desktop. Then use the Windows Start key + left/right arrow key to toggle between the two desktops. That way Nuendo isn’t sharing a desktop with any other apps.

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Steinberg continue to make Nuendo worse. I can’t for example drop from other window through taskbar as I did before. People who make Nuendo doesn’t work in it I think. Or work in a 1 minute song with two tracks. They don’t understand how much they are spoiling the workflow from version to version. I literally hate them.