All of a sudden I cannot get the layout designer to show up. I click the show layout designer button and get the following:
in an existing page it tells me there are unsaved changes (there aren't) and won't proceed until I save or cancel. It just keeps repeating this action even after saving or canceling.
In a new page clicking the show layout designer button takes me back yo the previous screen.
In all instances the little menu icon from the upper right hand corner is missing. I cannot add or edit content to any custom pages.
This is a live site which is still adding features and it is now impossible to add any new panels content.

I updated to new version of ctools 1.7 and panels 3.7. Same problems. Log shows the following error: Table 'a4l.panels_layout' doesn't exist query: SELECT * FROM panels_layout t__0 in /var/www/vhosts/afl.pghtechministries.org/httpdocs/sites/all/modules/ctools/includes/export.inc on line 379.

Any help is appreciated. I have an unhappy and anxious client who cannot add content.

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merlinofchaos’s picture

merlinofchaos CreditAttribution: merlinofchaos commented
Status: Active » Fixed

The kind of error you're seeing usually indicates some kind of nasty javascript conflict, often with a theme or other module. DO you know what changes were made there?

The panels_layout table indicates you either didn't run update.php or something failed; go to update.php and make sure panels update #6308 runs. For some reason I've received several reports that the update never runs but I have no idea how that is even possible.

LizD’s picture

LizD CreditAttribution: LizD commented
Status: Fixed » Active

Updates 6308, 6309 and 6310 all show as having been run. I did try turning off all javascript changes I had made as it was the last thing I did before the problems started but it doesn't seem to change anything.

Also, I am missing icons all over the admin interface. I think this may be related to the missing gear icon in panels but not necessarily the missing layout designer. This all started at the same time. May not be panels at all . . . I just don't know.

merlinofchaos’s picture

merlinofchaos CreditAttribution: merlinofchaos commented

Open up the javascript console and see if there are any javsascript errors? (There are often CSS errors but those wont' matter here).

Also even if 6308 has already been 'run', if the panels_layout table is showing as missing, you need to run it again, because that means it does not actually exist.

merlinofchaos’s picture

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Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)
LizD’s picture

LizD CreditAttribution: LizD commented

I have determined it is a conflict with jQuery_Update. When I turn it on - panels breaks. I have tried with both jQuery 1.3.2 and jQuery 1.4.2. Yes, I have the panels_layout table. When jQuery_update is on it throws an uncaught exception error.

Thanks for you help.

merlinofchaos’s picture

merlinofchaos CreditAttribution: merlinofchaos commented

As far as I know everything works with JQuery update to 1.3.2 -- I've tested this (and that's what I'm running in my dev environment right now). When updating to jQuery 1.4 you need a patch to Drupal core: http://drupal.org/node/479368

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ralfph CreditAttribution: ralfph commented

hello LizD,

I have the same problem as yours, when i click on show layout designer i go back to the previous page.
Wondering if you solved the problem. does updating jQuery to 1.4 solves the problem ?

Thank you !

LizD’s picture

LizD CreditAttribution: LizD commented

I had to take out all jQuery updates and go back to the basic jQuery install to get it to work even though it should work with 1.3.2 Updating to 1.4 will definitely NOT solve your problem. See above.

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ralfph CreditAttribution: ralfph commented

hello LizD ,

sorry for bothering but how can I go back to the basic jquery install ? sorry but i have no idea. thank u for ur understanding.

Regards,

Ralph

LizD’s picture

LizD CreditAttribution: LizD commented

Ralph,

Assuming you used the jQuery update module and didn't actually modify the core code - just turn off the module. If you modified with the core code - you may want to reinstall as you shouldn't do that anyway.

HTH

Liz

Alperian’s picture

Alperian CreditAttribution: Alperian commented
Issue tags: +theme, +panels, +JavaScript compatibility

I have had the same problem, but Merlinofchaos (above) saved me hours. I was using the 'Marvin' administration theme and changed to garland and everything is fine now.

Letharion’s picture

Letharion CreditAttribution: Letharion commented
Priority: Critical » Normal
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Fixed

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

nicholascarrigg’s picture

nicholascarrigg CreditAttribution: nicholascarrigg commented
Version: 6.x-3.7 » 7.x-3.3
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

Whenever I click on "Show Layout Designer" and then try to add a column or something by clicking on "canvas" and then "settings," I get a pop-up saying "page not found."

I never installed jQuery Update and I've tried multiple themes to no avail. I actually tried installing jQuery Update to see if that would do anything, but it didn't.

Any thoughts?

merlinofchaos’s picture

merlinofchaos CreditAttribution: merlinofchaos commented
Version: 7.x-3.3 » 6.x-3.x-dev
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

See my comment in http://drupal.org/node/1823642

Returning to previous state.

DeepRed_99’s picture

DeepRed_99 CreditAttribution: DeepRed_99 commented

For me worked whe i REMOVED the "external links" module.

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the fatman CreditAttribution: the fatman commented

I had to remove audio.js