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Render with display mode set to new window confiscates existing Properties window
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System Information
Windows 10 current Nvidia 1060

Blender Version
Broken:
2.80 current buildbot as well as self-built current master (2.80)

Short description of error
Performing an F12 render with the Preferences window open will re-purpose the Preferences window for the render output.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Start Blender.
Edit->Preferences to open the Preferences (creates a new window)
Click back on the main Blender Window
Press F12 to initiate a render.
Observe that it takes the Preferences Window, expands it to full(ish) screen and changes it to a Blender Render titled image viewer in which the render is displayed rather than actually creating a new window.

Event Timeline

Gavin Scott (Zoot) created this task.Dec 21 2018, 6:00 PM
Sebastian Parborg (zeddb) lowered the priority of this task from 90 to 50.Dec 21 2018, 6:27 PM
Sebastian Parborg (zeddb) added subscribers: Brecht Van Lommel (brecht), Sebastian Parborg (zeddb).

Don't know if this really is a bug or not. @Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) ?

Christopher_Anderssarian added a subscriber: Christopher_Anderssarian.Dec 21 2018, 8:39 PM
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) changed the task status from Unknown Status to Unknown Status.Dec 27 2018, 2:35 PM
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) claimed this task.

This is more of a UI paper cut than a bug. It has always worked this way as far as I know. In some cases it's useful if the secondary window is always the same.