In 3.2.2 Meter Toolbars do not retain their sizing on relaunch. Regression on 3.2.1

[JohnColket]

Bug description

3.2.2. Meter Toolbars do not seem to remember their sizing and positioning across Audacity sessions. This is a regression on 3.2.1.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open Audacity 3.2.2
2. Tools > Reset Configuration
3. Drag left-edge of Speaker Meter/Mixer down to create new Toolbar row
4. Drag right-edge of Speaker Meter/Mixer over to the right so that meter extends the full width of the screen.
5. Exit Audacity
6. Open Audacity 3.2.2

Expected behavior

Speaker Meter/Mixer should remain stretched as it was set before restarting Audacity

Actual behavior

Speaker Meter/Mixer reverts to default size

If instead I replace step 6, above with "Open Audacity 3.2.1" if appears to work properly. So Audacity 3.2.2 seems to be saving the information correctly.

Audacity Version

latest stable version (from audacityteam.org/download)

Operating system

Windows

Additional context

Toolbars as saved:

Audacity 3.2.2 when restarted:

[JohnColket]

This issue was reported by forum user Pnokio: https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=460486#p460486

[Ryan-Miller-Audacity]

Reopening this issue to declutter and separate out #4049

[Ryan-Miller-Audacity]

Utilizing this issue going forward over #4049 to reduce clutter and assigning this a P3 priority as it is an inconvenience to users, but is easily workable as well.

[petersampsonaudacity]

Another user report/complaint re this on the Forum:
https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=128251&p=460815

[petersampsonaudacity]

This also impacts my personal workflow - as I always work with an extended length recording meter.

[petersampsonaudacity]

@Ryan-Miller-Audacity wrote in issue #4049 about this issue (it was originally reported in 4049 before being split off here)

... this should definitely be fixed. Changes to the interface should be retained when closing the program or saving a project and closing the program which is currently not the case.

[SteveDaulton]

Is there a workaround for this? It's really annoying to have to manually resize the meters on every launch, and they are virtually useless at the default size.

[petersampsonaudacity]

Testing on W10 with @vsverchinsky 's branch build: audacity-win-3.3.0-alpha-20230119+ab9ad53-x64

This now works fine on W10 with Vitaly's branch build:
a) with resized meters docked
b) with resized meters un-docked

Thanks for fixing this Vitaly, it's been annoying several Forum users- and me too, as I record with an enlarged recording meter.

[Ryan-Miller-Audacity]

Verified this fix on MacOS as well as Windows. Mixer/Meter toolbars properly retain their sizing. This includes between opening and closing the same Audacity version as well as (mocking) an update from a previous version to a newer version.