Where are pane settings stored in Spyder?

[eafpres]

Problem Description

I know there is no official support for a non-conda install on Linux. My question is simply where the pane configuration is stored in Spyder 5.2.0. When I run under Linux in WSL, the ability to drag panes isn't there. So I would like to move one pane to another so that it starts up the way I want it.

What steps reproduce the problem?

1. Install via pip on WSL Ubuntu 20.04
2. Run Spyder
3. Everything works fine, but the panes cannot be dragged. They undock, dock fine, and it remembers the undocked panes

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Paste Traceback/Error Below (if applicable)

None

Versions

• Spyder version: 5.2.0 None
• Python version: 3.8.10 64-bit
• Qt version: 5.12.10
• PyQt5 version: 5.12.3
• Operating System: Linux 5.10.60.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Dependencies

# Mandatory:
atomicwrites >=1.2.0          :  1.4.0 (OK)
chardet >=2.0.0               :  3.0.4 (OK)
cloudpickle >=0.5.0           :  2.0.0 (OK)
cookiecutter >=1.6.0          :  1.7.3 (OK)
diff_match_patch >=20181111   :  20200713 (OK)
intervaltree >=3.0.2          :  3.1.0 (OK)
IPython >=7.6.0               :  7.30.1 (OK)
jedi >=0.17.2;<0.19.0         :  0.18.1 (OK)
jellyfish >=0.7               :  0.8.9 (OK)
jsonschema >=3.2.0            :  3.2.0 (OK)
keyring >=17.0.0              :  18.0.1 (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0               :  6.3.0 (OK)
numpydoc >=0.6.0              :  1.1.0 (OK)
parso >=0.7.0;<0.9.0          :  0.8.3 (OK)
pexpect >=4.4.0               :  4.8.0 (OK)
pickleshare >=0.4             :  0.7.5 (OK)
psutil >=5.3                  :  5.8.0 (OK)
pygments >=2.0                :  2.10.0 (OK)
pylint >=2.5.0                :  2.12.2 (OK)
pyls_spyder >=0.4.0           :  0.4.0 (OK)
pylsp >=1.3.1;<1.4.0          :  1.3.2 (OK)
pylsp_black >=1.0.0           :  None (OK)
qdarkstyle =3.0.2             :  3.0.2 (OK)
qstylizer >=0.1.10            :  0.2.1 (OK)
qtawesome >=1.0.2             :  1.1.1 (OK)
qtconsole >=5.2.1;<5.3.0      :  5.2.1 (OK)
qtpy >=1.5.0                  :  1.11.3 (OK)
rtree >=0.9.7                 :  0.9.7 (OK)
setuptools >=49.6.0           :  59.4.0 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6                :  4.3.1 (OK)
spyder_kernels >=2.2.0;<2.3.0 :  2.2.0 (OK)
textdistance >=4.2.0          :  4.2.2 (OK)
three_merge >=0.1.1           :  0.1.1 (OK)
watchdog >=0.10.3             :  2.1.6 (OK)
xdg >=0.26                    :  0.26 (OK)
zmq >=17                      :  22.3.0 (OK)

# Optional:
cython >=0.21                 :  None (OK)
matplotlib >=2.0.0            :  None (OK)
numpy >=1.7                   :  None (OK)
pandas >=1.1.1                :  None (OK)
scipy >=0.17.0                :  None (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3                 :  None (OK)

[ccordoba12]

Hey @eafpres, thanks for reporting. To unlock panes you need to go to the menu

View > Unlock panes and toolbars

Then you'll see the handle on top of panes to drag them to other locations.

Let us know if that's you are looking for (I'm not totally sure).

[eafpres]

@ccordoba12 Thanks, that fixed it!

[ccordoba12]

No prob. By the way, I think it's really hard to find that option, so I'm working right now to improve the discoverability of that functionality.