# 8.1: Find Tool hides the find dialog after finishing find

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-find-tool-hides-the-find-dialog-after-finishing-find/39028>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [September 24, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-find-tool-hides-the-find-dialog-after-finishing-find/39028 "2020-09-24T16:14:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-find-tool-hides-the-find-dialog-after-finishing-find/39028/1 "2020-09-24T16:14:27Z")

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Wordy title, I know.

in 8.1 RC, if I run the find tool, The ‘executing task / waiting for gateway’ notification pops up. Unfortunately, the find dialog doesn’t stay on top and I have to get to it through the task bar.  
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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-find-tool-hides-the-find-dialog-after-finishing-find/39028/2 "2020-09-24T16:16:07Z")

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Do you have multiple monitors? Are they set to different DPI scales?

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-find-tool-hides-the-find-dialog-after-finishing-find/39028/3 "2020-09-24T16:18:21Z")

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Multiple monitors, but same scale.

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-find-tool-hides-the-find-dialog-after-finishing-find/39028/4 "2020-09-24T16:25:18Z")

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Tried it on all three of my monitors with the same result. Same result with 8.0.13.

It’s not minimizing, it’s gets set behind the main designer window.

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**Author:** ![zacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ea5d25/32.png) [@zacht](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacht)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-find-tool-hides-the-find-dialog-after-finishing-find/39028/5 "2020-09-24T16:48:35Z")

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I get the same behavior in 8.0.10 sometimes.

When I search with all options checked I see the described behavior.

When I search without Tags checked I don’t see the “Waiting for Gateway” dialog box, and the Find window is not hidden.

Multiple monitors, same resolution.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-find-tool-hides-the-find-dialog-after-finishing-find/39028/6 "2020-09-24T17:43:07Z")

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👍  
I asked about the monitors/DPI because some changes recently went in that hopefully fixes various recurring issues with things appearing on the wrong monitor. I thought this might be fallout from those changes, but if it happens in older versions it’s just a plain ol’ bug, not a regression.

That’s not quite good news, but it’s something!

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-find-tool-hides-the-find-dialog-after-finishing-find/39028/7 "2020-09-24T18:06:26Z")

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> [@zacht](#):
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> When I search with all options checked I see the described behavior.

After playing around a bit, it only does it if Tags are selected in the target.
