Help with Resizing the Search Bar in Ableton Live 11 Suite

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SilenceMayhem
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Help with Resizing the Search Bar in Ableton Live 11 Suite

Post by SilenceMayhem » Wed May 07, 2025 11:31 am

Hey everyone,

So, I switched to Mac some time ago, and overall, I don't regret it, but some weird things have happened with Ableton since the switch.

Particularly, on some projects, I simply can't resize my search bar (the one where all the plugs, effects, samples, and other stuff appears), rendering work very ineffective as I can't see the full names of samples or plugs.

Did anyone experience this specifically on Macs or in general? I already tried all the Chat solutions with regards to adjusting the view, restarting the projects, and Ableton itself, but none of that helped. The weird thing is that in a blank project that I open, the search bar resizes just fine (from left to right or vice versa). But on projects where I have some VSTs and plugs it doesn't resize to the right (basically to get larger) but can only get smaller. And I don't see how that can be related to the project having VSTis or plugs. Some projects may have even more tracks and more VSTis and more plugs, and it resizes just fine, so it looks a bit random.

Any help is very much welcome! I attached a video of the process to highlight a bit clearer what's going on. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bbcLB0 ... sp=sharing]

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