minimize, expand and hide buttons not appearing

Hi.

I've noticed in some of my apps (even when opening them) the exit, minimize and hide buttons at the top left of the screen are not showing up.

Running my cursor where they should be does not work. It does in many other apps, but this just started in my silhouette studio app specifically.

I'm not sure if I've somehow expanded the whole app so I cannot get at those toggles or something, but it's very inconveinent as Im constantly needing to open other apps at the same time, so I have to try and make this one as small as possible to do so.

Has anyone found a fix for this yet? a keyboard shortcut that I can use maybe?

I've attached a photo to show what I mean. the buttons are just not there! they're up too high for me to even sneak my cursor up there lol

I'm on a MacBook Pro if that helps or makes a difference at all.

Command 0 and Command O (as seen in another post) does not work.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.4

Posted on Jul 6, 2021 9:08 AM

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a brody

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Posted on Jul 6, 2021 9:32 AM

you have managed to move the window beyond the edge of the menubar. Trying dragging the window from the top center edge right below the menubar so the controls appear.

You may be able to force the window to adjust by forcing the scaling of Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Displays. If using multiple displays, drag the representation of the menubar to the other display.

The Window menu has a "zoom" function to adjust the view on the window.

The edges of the window when hovered switch to bidirectional arrows which allow you to resize the window. Shrinking the window will help the zoom give the window more space to maneuver.

Lastly, you might be able to adjust the mission control settings to move the window on the display.

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