How to stop the IDE window from maximizing when running an application within Delphi 2010

Question

I noticed that if I set the Delphi 2010 IDE window to be something other than maximized it automatically maximizes when I run an application friom inside the IDE. When the program is closed, the IDE window resizes back to the size it was prior to running the program.

Is there anyway to turn off this annoying behavior?

Answer 1

This happens because you have defined a Debug Desktop. You can either switch off the Debug Desktop feature, or define a different desktop view to be your Debug Desktop.

The settings are under the View | Desktops menu if I recall correctly.

I find this feature very powerful, especially combined with my multiple monitors. The debug desktop lives on a separate monitor so it doesn't overlap with my app window. And I can also configure the layout of call stack, watches, locals windows that I don't show in my standard desktop.