it would make my life MUCH easier if GP had the option to pin plugin windows. Every rack requires you to re-open whatever instrument or effect I’m working on. 
Most DAWS have this feature now. the plugins remain open, even when closing and reopening the application/rack.
I’m spending 50% of my time in GP reopening plugin windows in the wiring view when switching racks.
I am lost, what do you want to achieve?
When I for example close Logic then the open plugins are closed too, and that is normal behavior.
Or do I miss something?
Do you know this option?
With this option all open plugins are reopened when you navigate back to the rackspace.
Really, why is that needed?
Are you tweaking plugins?
You know the concept of Widgets?
Create panels for the plugins you want to control, and assign widgets to the controls you want to adjust.
That way you wont have to open the plugin windows to change the parameters.
You can save the panels for future use in other rackspaces.
Check the documentation. There is an option to automatically close and reopen plugin windows as you switch rackspaces. That would allow you to spend 0% of your time closing and reopening plugin editor windows.
Though I agree with others who suggest that you probably should be using widgets for the common parameters you want to tweak.
Also, use button widgets to open/close plugins in the rack/song view…
i would like to repeat my request for pinned windows. This constant back and forth is pre-historic in workflow terms.
For now I have abandoned GP despite its many features and returned to studio one where pinning actually works.
for the love of God… PLEASE update this dinosaur into 2022.
In the paradigm of GP, constantly opening and closing plugin windows is the dinosaur. Hence, why I suggested this:
If you correctly map the parameters that need adjustment to widgets, there’s no longer a need to open the plugin window. What you’re telling me from your request is that you haven’t done any of that.
OK - after all the discussion above, and not withstanding the comments from everyone that you should be using widgets, I guess I don’t understand what you actually mean by “pinned” windows.
You can arrange to keep plugin windows on top (1) and/or you can configure plugins to either open/close automatically as you switch rackspaces (2) or to just stay open regardless of whatever rackspace is selected.
So what exactly is GP not doing that you want it to do?
For casual users, i like to jam and have multiple plugins open and make changes (this is not a live gig), i dont want to have to map every parameter using the widgets, it would be nice to have the ability to pin windows like you can in a daw to stay open.
In the global options window you can set that plugin gui stay open
