GIMP Version: 2.8.20
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: Windows 10 Home
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

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Hello!

It's been a small while since my last visit but I've been playing around in GIMP on my own. Two days ago, I hit some shortcut (not sure which keystrokes did me in since my fingers sometimes do their own thing) that made my docks disappear. I would like to get them back since they make it much easier to do anything in the program.

While I have tried fixing this by looking around online and playing with buttons, nothing worked. Things I have tried include:
- toggle Single Window Mode
- tried returning them to their place with "Dockable Dialogs >> Tool Options"
- toggled Single Window Mode again
- updated GIMP from v2.8.14 (I think) to v2.8.20
- toggled Single Window Mode again and tried the Dockable Dialogs again

Nothing seems to work. I can get the Dialogs to show when not in Single Window Mode but I don't like to have them floating around especially when I'm working on a bigger project. They get hidden or hide things themselves.

Any help, tips, or tricks would be appreciated. Thanks.

Try:
Edit > Preferences > Window Management
Click on "Reset Saved Window Positions to Default Values"
Uncheck "Save window positions on exit"

A very common mistake when trying to dock dialogs is to drag them by the title bar. Doing this is just a window move. To dock dialogs your have to drag them by the tab inside the window (like you drag tabs across windows in Firefox or Chrome)

Thank you, Blighty II!

That completely worked! I edited the Window Management preferences and reset them to default. Upon restarting GIMP, they were in multiple windows but once I turned on Single Window Mode, they were both back in place. Thank you so much!

As for why this happened, I don't remember dragging the windows around, ofnuts. Some Keystroke or another is my guess, but not matter what I tried (before Blighty's recommendation), it didn't work. So glad they are back in place now.

Off to play with more images!