cherrypicked relevant commits from master

global/config.cpp

@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ Config::Config()
     playback_bit_depth(olive::PIX_FMT_RGBA16F),
     export_bit_depth(olive::PIX_FMT_RGBA32F),
     dont_use_proxies_on_export(true),
-    maximum_recent_projects(10)
+    maximum_recent_projects(10),
+    locked_panels(false)
 {}
 
 void Config::load(QString path) {
@@ -267,6 +268,9 @@ void Config::load(QString path) {
         } else if (stream.name() == "DontUseProxiesOnExport") {
           stream.readNext();
           dont_use_proxies_on_export = (stream.text() == "1");
+        } else if (stream.name() == "LockedPanels") {
+          stream.readNext();
+          locked_panels = (stream.text() == "1");
         }
       }
     }
@@ -349,6 +353,7 @@ void Config::save(QString path) {
   stream.writeTextElement("PlaybackBitDepth", QString::number(playback_bit_depth));
   stream.writeTextElement("ExportBitDepth", QString::number(export_bit_depth));
   stream.writeTextElement("DontUseProxiesOnExport", QString::number(dont_use_proxies_on_export));
+  stream.writeTextElement("LockedPanels", QString::number(locked_panels));
 
   stream.writeEndElement(); // configuration
   stream.writeEndDocument(); // doc

global/config.h

@@ -614,6 +614,11 @@ struct Config {
    */
   int maximum_recent_projects;
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Sets whether panels should load locked or not
+   */
+  bool locked_panels;
+
   /**
    * @brief Load config from file
    *

ui/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
 
   olive::Global->check_for_autorecovery_file();
 
+  // lock panels if the config says so
+  set_panels_locked(olive::config.locked_panels);
+
   // set up output audio device
   init_audio();
 
@@ -1193,6 +1196,8 @@ void MainWindow::set_panels_locked(bool locked)
       panel->setTitleBarWidget(nullptr);
     }
   }
+
+  olive::config.locked_panels = locked;
 }
 
 void MainWindow::fileMenu_About_To_Be_Shown() {