Dock Sizes are Reset the next time you open OBS.

[GentlePuppet]

Platform

Operating system and version: Windows 10 Pro 1809
OBS Studio version: 25.0.8

Expected Behavior

When I manually resize locked Docks in the UI I expect them to be remembered and kept the next time I open OBS.

Current Behavior

When I manually resize a dock it will be reset the next time I open OBS.

Steps to Reproduce

Manually Set Sizes

Close and reopen OBS

[Bidthedog]

I'm experiencing this too. Windows user.

I've done a bit of digging, and it seems that dock settings might only be saved when you have an authenticated Twitch stream destination set up. The profile's "basic.ini" file (in %APPSETTINGS%\obs-studio\basic\profiles<Profile_Name>) contains the following for my "Twitch" profiles, but nothing for profiles that do not target Twitch.

I've not tested with any other stream destinations as I don't use OBS to stream elsewhere:

[Twitch]
...
DockState=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
...

For context, I use OBS to record parts of my 4K desktop, so I can target the application in online meeting software like Whereby, Zoom, Teams etc - it's the only way that the people I'm presenting to can see my desktop in a large enough scale. I don't need a stream destination set up, and setting up a custom RTMP doesn't seem to save the dock settings in the same way.

[skeletonbow]

I experience this same problem as well, just talked with Matt||Wizard about it. I've never connected my OBS up to any live streaming service (Twitch/YouTube/etc.) and only use it for primarily local recording and visual effects development, as well as streaming through VirtualCam on Discord voice chat and voice channels occasionally. The exact same symptoms as described in the original report above occur for me. Some additional info:

I'm on Windows 10/x64 1909 build fully updated, running OBS 25.0.8. Reorganizing the panels, OBS remembers that I added/removed/stacked/etc. the panels but once it is closed and restarted, most if not all of the panels have been resized. I've tried setting it all up both with UI locked and not locked on multiple invocations and the width and specific location of panels is not remembered and restored.

Merely starting OBS up, adjusting the width of a panel and exiting then restarting is enough to reproduce 100% of the time.

[skeletonbow]

Ok, I did some testing and it appears that every OBS dock has a certain preferred size that it wants to be no smaller than, and if you resize it smaller than that, it will let you up to a minimum size, but when you exit OBS, if the current size of any panel is less than the preferred size it mysteriously seems to want to be no smaller than, when you exit OBS and restart it it will resize all of the panels to be this preferred size, ignoring your resizing wishes.

Potential suggested solution; Set the minimum sizes of the panels to be the smallest acceptable sizes and allow the user to resize the panels to this size if desired and save and restore them, without enforcing a preferred size smaller than the minimum the user is allowed to resize to.

[Bidthedog]

Ok, I did some testing and it appears that every OBS dock has a certain preferred size that it wants to be no smaller than, and if you resize it smaller than that, it will let you up to a minimum size, but when you exit OBS, if the current size of any panel is less than the preferred size it mysteriously seems to want to be no smaller than, when you exit OBS and restart it it will resize all of the panels to be this preferred size, ignoring your resizing wishes.

Potential suggested solution; Set the minimum sizes of the panels to be the smallest acceptable sizes and allow the user to resize the panels to this size if desired and save and restore them, without enforcing a preferred size smaller than the minimum the user is allowed to resize to.

Also, don't forget the ability to turn docks off - including the ability to turn off ALL docks so only the main capture screen is shown.

[skeletonbow]

Ok, it seems that only the panels in the bottom dock group below the preview exhibit this behaviour on my system. If I resize the Scenes pane which is moved to the left of preview, I can shrink it to minimum width and it stays that way over a restart. If I move it to the bottom dock group and shrink it to the same minimum size, it does not remember it and restores itself to a preferred size larger than I set it to.

Is anyone able to reproduce this on a stock OBS with my repro info? I do have plugins installed, so my next step would be to set up a pristine install unless someone who has a pristine install can repro it as described, just to help narrow things down further.

[shleeable]

Experiencing the same issue.
Simple replication: Dock the stats. Shrink the stats. close and reopen. the stats bar is at full size.

[WizardCM]

So based on what others have said, and the code I've looked at, there are two potential theories:

1. When initialising, certain docks have a minimum size that's different to their defined minimum size
2. (this one's my own) dock positions aren't being saved properly, but it's not related to OAuth dock saving

If it's 2, then performing this task sooner during shutdown might help:

obs-studio/UI/window-basic-main.cpp

Lines 4294 to 4295 in 54207a0

	config_set_string(App()->GlobalConfig(), "BasicWindow", "DockState",
	saveState().toBase64().constData());

If it's 1, we might need to do more specific tests to see if everyone is able to reproduce it the same way. That is, we need to put together reproduction steps using specific built-in docks in a certain layout & window size.

[BobbyFuzzy]

I have also noticed this issue. Please let me know if I can put together any info for you to help diagnose @WizardCM.

[BobbyFuzzy]

• When initialising, certain docks have a minimum size that's different to their defined minimum size

To add to this, I am trying to make docks larger and still experiencing the issue of the size not saving.

I've done a bit of digging, and it seems that dock settings might only be saved when you have an authenticated Twitch stream

I tested this also with the restream.io profile and noticed that it will save the dock sizes if a profile is linked.

[mihawk90]

I just now noticed I am having the same issue, I never noticed it before (since I wasn't using Browser docks before, so defaults were fine for me). Can reproduce with 26.1.2 and 27.0.0~rc2, both on Fedora KDE and with an empty profile (i.e. ~/.config/obs-studio moved out).

Also @WizardCM reading that code-snippet, it seems it is just converting whatever values it gets from saveState() to base64, right? But when I take my string in the DockState and put it in a base64-decode, I get mostly gibberish... not sure if that's an issue with the decoder (just some online tool, sorry :P), inherent to the values returned, or an actual issue with the values saved. And from that bit that is readable, it also seems like it is saving states for docks that are not even present anymore? Not sure if that is normal either.

Going to add a bump here that I am getting this both on opening it as well as if the window gets resized.

27.1.3 (64 bit).