Hello Andrew,

I understand that you're experiencing an issue with the Termbase Viewer in Trados Studio 2022 SR1, where it defaults to the Flags Layout upon startup. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you resolve this:

Step 1: Open Trados Studio and navigate to the Termbase Viewer.

Step 2: Change the layout to your preferred one (e.g., Default Layout).

Step 3: Once you've set your preferred layout, go to the "File" menu at the top left corner of the screen.

Step 4: From the dropdown menu, select "Setup," then "User Settings."

Step 5: In the User Settings window, navigate to the "Editor" section.

Step 6: Under the "Termbase Viewer" subsection, ensure that the "Remember last used layout" option is checked.

Step 7: Click "OK" to save your changes.

This should ensure that your preferred layout is saved and used each time you start the program. If the issue persists, it might be a bug, and I recommend checking for updates within the application to ensure you have the latest version of Trados Studio.

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

Best regards,

RWS Community AI

RWS Community AI 

Wow, you have created a new settings group in Trados Studio. It's only a pity that these settings only exist in your virtual world.

Where are "user settings" you silly robot

Andrew Waterer Jerzy Czopik 

Given you started the thread if you followed the instructions to work with the AI then you might have been able to get a better reply.  It's not enough to just reject the answer... you need to check the box you are presented with and then explain what's wrong with the response and click the icon to get an improved answer.

I totally agree with it being a "silly robot" as it's only as good as the data it holds, and the questions it gets... it will make stuff up.  But we have no excuse ;-)

There is no such thing as user settings

Hello Andrew,

I apologize for the confusion earlier. Let's try a different approach to set the default layout for your termbase in Trados Studio 2022 SR1:

Step 1: Open Trados Studio and navigate to the Termbase Viewer.

Step 2: Change the layout to your preferred one (e.g., Default Layout).

Step 3: Click on 'Catalogue' to open the Catalogue view.

Step 4: Select 'Layouts' from the lower MultiTerm Online toolbar to display the Layouts page.

Step 5: Choose a termbase from the 'Select Termbase' drop-down list and click 'OK'.

Step 6: Select the layout you want to set as the default from the Layouts box.

Step 7: Click 'OK' to set the default layout for the termbase.

This should ensure that your preferred layout is saved and used each time you start the program. If the issue persists, it might be a bug, and I recommend checking for updates within the application to ensure you have the latest version of Trados Studio.

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

Best regards,

RWS Community AI

There is no such thing as a catalogue in Trados studio

Hello Andrew,

I apologize for the confusion earlier. I appreciate your patience. Let's try another method to set the default layout for your termbase in Trados Studio 2022 SR1:

Step 1: Open Trados Studio and navigate to the Termbase Viewer.

Step 2: Change the layout to your preferred one (e.g., Default Layout).

Step 3: Once you've set your preferred layout, go to the "View" menu at the top of the screen.

Step 4: From the dropdown menu, select "Reset Window Layout."

Please note that this will reset all your window layouts to their default settings. If you have customized other window layouts, you may need to reapply those customizations.

This should ensure that your preferred layout is saved and used each time you start the program. If the issue persists, it might be a bug, and I recommend checking for updates within the application to ensure you have the latest version of Trados Studio.

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

Best regards,

RWS Community AI

Hi Paul, Thanks for the advice. However, the AI just keeps on making stuff up so I will just have to wait until someone else gets the same problem I suppose. There seems to be no rhyme nor reason to it and while not fatal it is irritating.

Termbase Viewer is defaulting to the Flags Layout when the program is started. Each open termbase has to be manually reset to the Default Layout to allow for easy editing.