# All menus and buttons misplaced in Slicer window (nighlty build version)

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/all-menus-and-buttons-misplaced-in-slicer-window-nighlty-build-version/3224>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** faq\
**Created:** [June 19, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/all-menus-and-buttons-misplaced-in-slicer-window-nighlty-build-version/3224 "2018-06-19T12:33:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![mag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mag](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mag)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/all-menus-and-buttons-misplaced-in-slicer-window-nighlty-build-version/3224/1 "2018-06-19T12:33:07Z")

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Hello,

I am having issues on Windows 10 with the latest nighlty build Slicer. The window of Slicer does not display correctly (see screenshot). The menu bar is missing and the tool bar is displaying in its place. Other menu/buttons below are also misplaced.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/0/4/04585c2d1b82c9394f484bc40090b3d75ed4d583.png)

Note that if I click on the tools nothing happens but if I click on the void space just below one of them, then the tool is selected (e.g. here with module selector), so it seems to be just a visualization problem.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/a/8/a85a71b9b2531f8a98c39c5c968b3401ace95574.png)

Until last Friday I was working with the stable release which I installed last November and it has no display issues. Not sure if this is my laptop being weird or a Slicer problem. Any help will be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Marta

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/all-menus-and-buttons-misplaced-in-slicer-window-nighlty-build-version/3224/2 "2018-06-19T12:58:45Z")

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There is an Intel display driver bug that causes this problem for all Qt5-based applications. Need to update the display driver to latest version or change NVidia settings to use the discrete GPU for Slicer (which may be a good idea anyway).

See details in this post:

> [@Missing menu items from Slicer Application Main Window](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/missing-menu-items-from-slicer-application-main-window/2613/2):
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> This is a known issue with all Qt5 applications on some laptops that have both Intel and NVidia graphics card. One solution is to set your NVidia application settings to use NVidia for 3D Slicer (SlicerApp-real.exe). [Intel has acknowledged that this is an issue in their graphics card driver](https://communities.intel.com/thread/116003) that was introduced in x.x.x.4627 and they fixed the problem in driver version: x.x.x.4729.

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**Author:** ![mag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mag](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mag)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/all-menus-and-buttons-misplaced-in-slicer-window-nighlty-build-version/3224/3 "2018-06-19T14:22:53Z")

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> Need to update the display driver to latest version

That worked, thank you!

> or change NVidia settings to use the discrete GPU for Slicer (which may be a good idea anyway).

I am afraid I am quite ignorant about GPUs. I just left all settings on “Let the 3D application decide” and never worried to much about what Slicer was using since it didn’t give me problems. What is it exactly that I should select on the NVIDIA control panel to make sure SlicerApp-real is using the discrete GPU?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/5/b/5b639872f876562cdbd67a46e1aa5f46f2d9ed0f.png)

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/all-menus-and-buttons-misplaced-in-slicer-window-nighlty-build-version/3224/4 "2018-06-19T14:38:23Z")

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> [@mag](#):
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> I just left all settings on “Let the 3D application decide”

Applications cannot select if they want to run on the on-board / discrete GPU. If you want an application to use the discrete GPU then you must set it in the NVidia control panel explicitly. You’ll see a huge speed improvement in volume rendering and visible performance improvement in display of very large models.

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/all-menus-and-buttons-misplaced-in-slicer-window-nighlty-build-version/3224/5 "2018-08-03T20:48:45Z")

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This is now tracked in issue [https://issues.slicer.org/view.php?id=4594](https://issues.slicer.org/view.php?id=4594)