Locking the viewport headers to a default position

Question

In Blender 2.80, the headers in the viewport seem to jump around arbitrarily. One moment they're at the top of the viewport, then they suddenly jump to the bottom if I open a different file.
My workflow keeps getting interrupted by this since it takes a little extra time to find the function I need.

I'm aware there's a shortcut(F5) to flip the position of the header, which also does not seem to work consistently(or generally, hardly). However, the header still moves around and having to toggle every time also impedes workflow speed.

Is there any way to lock the position of the headers to a certain side of the viewport?

Answer 1

This will depend on the file that you're loading as the GUI layout will be loaded with the file. You find this happens a lot when loading files which were saved in previous versions of Blender. You can prevent the current GUI setting being overwritten on load by unchecking Load UI in the file load window: