On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 18:28:39 -0500,
"jonetsu@teksavvy.com" <jonetsu@teksavvy.com> wrote :

>   I clicked on 'something' in Ardour 3.5.358 top bar and now it's
> gone.  It was hiding behind the main window, so I clicked on the small
> up arrow on the right of the stand-alone bar (eg. detached window for
> these controls) and now, it's really gone from sight.  I've browser
> the menu options but did not find where to re-activate it.  Cannot
> record, sicne the record button is part of the bar.  I have loaded
> the Axiom 25 control interface, but the record button of the Axiom
> does not enable recording (play and rewind works).
>
>   How to make the top control bar visible again ?

I certainly do not understand why it is so friggeringly obscure to make
the GUI bar with the recording button and other controls and clock
visble again.  The whole software is useless if the main recording
button cannot be seen and activated.  I don't know on what I clicked to
make it go away, but the remaining application screen, or a menu option
somewhere should provide a way to make it visible again. The control bar
became a floating window on its own, but now it's completely gone from
all desktops and the main application doe snot provide a mean to make
it part of the main GUI window as it was before.  Maybe I have to
downgrade to the previous version... hopefully the sessions newly
created are compatible with the previous version !