Hud control panels

[CharlieCooper]

Another newbie question sorry!

I have a few HUD items and once I've used them the first time, if I quit SL then go back in the control panel  disappears. How do I get them back on screen? I'm deafinitely "wearing" the items, just need the control panels back. Advice please

[angeoco]

You should find the HUDs in your inventory, typically in the same folders as the items they control. Right-click each one, and Add.

[Theresa Tennyson]

Also, some HUD's may automatically minimize. They'll shrink down to a small button-like item and will reappear full sized when that button is clicked.

[KT Kingsley]

Perhaps your HUD has repositioned itself somewhere off the visible screen. Right click and edit a visible HUD and then use the scroll wheel on your mouse, or the zoom slider on the camera controls floater, to zoom out and bring the hidden items back into view. Then right click on the hidden HUD and use the arrows to drag it back inside the visible screen area outlined in white.

HUDs are also subject to an SL bug where sometimes items don't render when they should. You can try selecting edit for the item from its listing in your inventory. This should make it visible if it's just failed to render, or the green and blue axis lines will give a clue to where it's gone - in which case you can zoom and drag it back into the visible screen area.