OMG I FIXED IT
As usual the problem was at my end.
So I figured out if you exclude the palette name from showing in the Vignette strip then the palette will not disappear once a tool is selected if you launched the palette with a shortcut key. If I select 'icon' or 'abbreviation' when setting up the favourite then the palette acts as expected and disappears once the tool is picked.
I am not sure if this is a deliberate function or an oversite. The reason I removed them from showing in the Vignette strip was to reduce clutter when moussing across for other pallets, I have them as shortcuts which I have mapped to the space mouse so I click on one of those keys when I need the palette. My work around is to assign a single letter to the abbreviation and position them at the end of the vignette strip.
I feel like a bit of a muppet for not making the connection sooner. There is nothing like beating your head against a brick wall to induce a bit of clarity!!
Thank you for your efforts in resolving this.

Mike

Yes I quit SU every time I make a change.
When I installed SU I did not right click and run as administrator. I did not know that was a thing.
SU is on my personal computer. How do I fix that, Do I have to uninstall SU.. If I do that will I lose all my settings and plugins.

Thanks again for your help

Hi
Thanks for the input
I checked using Fredo 'Check for update command' It said it was all up to date?
I just uploaded the latest version and problem persists
I have uninstalled LOTT and am about to reinstall it.
Will report back soon

Cheers

Hi
I have version 13.2a and 2.2a installed and when I check using your 'check for updates everything is green and up to date. I will uninstall both Library and LOTT and reinstall them. see if that works.
Will let you know. Thanks

Fredo
I have cleaned out a few unused shortcut keys. There are now just 5 shortcuts for LOTT, and I noticed that the four that are not working properly also don't show up in the 'menu' window as shown by the screen shot. The only pallet that shows up in the orange custom shortcuts and the menu window is "Often used" and that was created a long time ago. the other 4 pallets and shortcuts were created yesterday and are the ones causing issues

Cheers

Hey Fredo
I have changed a shortcut key to SHIFT H but problem persists.
I opened the Ruby console and got no message when closing a pallet but I did get the attached message on start up of sketchup.
It means nothing to me, hopefully you can understand it.
Thanks for your help

Mike

Hey Fredo.
I just brought your bundle and made a donation for all the great work you do. Before I install it I thought I would re arrange some of my LOTT pallets first. I have been using LOTT for a while now and love it, however the new pallets I have created will not disappear after I pick a tool or click outside of the pallet, or even if I press escape.. I have to either double click on the top of the pallet or click the red X to get them to close. Some, but not all of my older pallets continue to work fine and they close by themselves once I have clicked the icon for the tool I want to use. I have scrolled through the 'Default parameters' window but cant see if I am missing something or is this a bug. I have saved settings and closed and restarted SU but that did not help,
Any assistance you can offer would be greatly appreciated, I would like to resolve this issue before I install the bundle encase I have any other issues.
Could this be an issue with libFredo6 as this is the most recent update?
I have attached a screen shot, shortcuts A, B, D and X are the ones that are not working, A B and X are new, D is an old one that is also not working.

SU2022
LOTT v2.2a
Libfredo6 13.2a Last updated on the 16 sep 22
Windows 11

Thanks for your help

Mike

Agreed
With SU now having tag folders the list of tags can be quite extensive in a large model.
Highlighting the tag of the component you have selected would be huge help and save A great deal of frustration.

Hey thanks for your reply, somewhat helpful.
I still don't understand why I can assign a tag to a simple component like a box but then when I grab that component from the component library the tag assigned to it has disappeared.

If I assign a tag to a face then the component will load with the correct tag but I thought it was not good form to assign tags to faces or edges. Why is this?
Still confused!