Hidden Flair Dialogs Behind Fullscreen or Two-Screen Setups¶

LIKELY UI / DISPLAY

Summary¶

Flair dialogs can appear behind the main Flair window or on an unexpected display, especially when Flair is fullscreen, running on a dummy/no-hardware copy, or using two screens. The reported example was a save-over confirmation dialog asking whether the user was sure they wanted to overwrite a file; the operator could not find the popup even though Flair was waiting for it.

Symptoms¶

Flair appears frozen after a command that should open a confirmation dialog.
Save-over prompt is not visible.
Dialog is hidden behind the main Flair window.
Alt + Tab only shows the main Flair screen or does not reveal the missing dialog.
Problem is more likely with fullscreen Flair or dual-monitor display settings.

Community Solutions¶

[LIKELY] Use Window Switching To Find Hidden Dialog¶

Use Alt + Tab repeatedly to cycle through open windows until the hidden dialog is selected. This is most useful when the dialog exists but is behind the main Flair window.

Confidence: 0.72

[LIKELY] Minimize All Windows¶

Use Windows + D to minimize all windows, then restore the hidden dialog or Flair window.

Confidence: 0.66

[LIKELY] Avoid Fullscreen / Two-Screen Mode When Affected¶

If dialogs repeatedly disappear, avoid running Flair fullscreen and avoid two-screen display layouts until the specific display behavior is understood.

Confidence: 0.64

[LIKELY] Check Display Assignment¶

If Flair has a display setting set to monitor 2, the dialog may be opening on a display position that is not currently visible or active.

Confidence: 0.58

Evidence¶

Timestamp	User	Evidence
2024-10-30	Niko	When Flair 7 is fullscreen, the hidden Windows taskbar will not pop up; minimize Flair.
2026-05-17 01:11	Josh T.	Flair 7.7 beta 17 on Windows 11; save-over confirmation dialog could not be found on either of two screens.
2026-05-17 01:14	Ben Myers	Dialogs can hide behind the main Flair window, especially in dummy/no-hardware copies; use `Alt + Tab`.
2026-05-17 01:14	Niko	Suggested `Windows + D` to minimize all windows.
2026-05-17 01:17	Ben Myers	Noted it seems to happen when Flair is fullscreen.

Searchable Dialog Text¶

are you sure you want to save over this
hidden windows
hidden dialog
save over file
Alt + Tab
Windows + D
two screens
full screen
fullscreen
dummy copy of Flair

WhatsApp Excerpts¶

2024-10-30 00:50 - ~ Steve_Schweiger: Never used so far
2024-10-30 01:25 - ~ Jeremy Andrews: Hi Robert The controls in Flair, including stop motion, were originally designed for film cameras where the camera itself was driven by a servo motor connected to Flair. So Flair could make a camera run at a very slow rate or, more usually, get the camera to take a single frame of film at an interval decided by the operator, with the robot stepping forward either before each camera exposure ('stop motion'), or DURING the exposure ('moving step'). Moving Step is a really cool feature which makes...
2024-10-30 01:29 - Ben Myers: Moving step sounds fascinating! Would love to see that in action.
2024-10-30 01:47 - ~ Jeremy Andrews: I wonder if anyone from Aardman Animation in the UK is on this chat group? Hopefully they're still busy shooting with their Milo cranes - and maybe they have some BTS of the 'moving step' process? If you create a fast camera move in animation, shooting all those frames as static positions gives the resulting shot a kind of 'strobing' effect because there's no fluidity to the background movement. 'Moving Step' calculates the correct speed for every exposure, taking into account the 'fairings' on...
2024-10-30 03:36 - ~ Peter Constan-Tatos: Moving step works great but as Jeremy says most digital film cams are useless for shooting stills, except for the older Reds. We did some once with them and the still frames were identical to the live action plates. Maybe the newer Reds have kept that feature 🤷‍♂️
2024-10-30 11:56 - Ben Myers: BoYata Monitor Stand, Adjustable... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08L3TMM2X?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Official Documentation¶

Flair Classic Manual — Ch.6 Main Display — p.127

Flair 7 Manual — Ch.6 Main Display — p.103