Footer Bar Vanished

Scrivener Scrivener for Windows
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Hi there! I’m not sure if this is a persistent bug or not, but I’ve only just noticed it on my end. The footer bar in my Scrivener app (ver 3.1.5.1, for reference) is missing. I first noticed this when trying to look up the project’s word count at the bottom where it’s usually located, to no avail. The Footer Bar is checked/ticked in the Editor Layout, but nothing shows on my end, regardless. Before posting here, I searched the forum pages for any solutions, some of which suggested that it might be related to scriptwriting mode being active. I have used that in the past and have since checked if it was still active, but the issue seems to persist. Has anybody had a similar issue, or is it just me?

I’ve also noticed that the PDF Display section in View doesn’t open up to anything like it used to.

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My guess is you are in Scriptwriting mode by accident. Use the menu command Format > Scriptwriting to exit this mode.

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Could it be that the main Scrivener window is shifted down a little?
You’d have the very bottom hidden behind the OS’ taskbar.

The other possibility would be that you are actually viewing your content in a copyholder, placed at the bottom and taking the whole space. Although in this case one would have to wonder how you navigate from a document to another, since a copyholder doesn’t respond to standard document selection. (You could tell by having 2 header bars to your editor.)