I have my monitor turned vertical. yEd window is maximized. I like to have the following at hand: Palette, Select Elements, Properties View, Preferences.
So for me the practical layout is this:
- (Menu bar and toolbar on top)
- Upper third region of docked windows, divided in two:
- Left half: Palette and Select elements overlaying each other
- Right half: Properties View and Preferences overlaying each other
- Remainder bottom 2/3: graph editor window(s)
The problem is, if I quit yEd and later start it, it comes up with the following layout:
- (Menu bar and toolbar on top)
- Left 1/4 full height region: Select Elements.
- Right 3/4:
- Upper third region of docked windows, divided in two:
- Left half: Palette
- Right half: Properties View
- No Preferences window
- Remainder bottom 2/3: graph editor window(s)
I think this is a small bug.
EDIT: uploaded the info you asked for: