First TAB key is delayed in Save As dialog after opening PSD via drag-and-drop from Directory Opus

Environment

• Windows 10 Pro 22H2 x64
• Directory Opus 13.23 x64
• Adobe Photoshop 2025 (26.11.5)
• Adobe Photoshop 2026 (also tested)
• Directory Opus is configured as my primary file manager.

Description

I found a reproducible issue related to Photoshop's Save As dialog after opening a PSD via drag-and-drop.

I am not sure whether this is a Photoshop issue or an interaction between Photoshop and Directory Opus, but the behavior is consistent on my system.

When a PSD file is opened by dragging it from Directory Opus into Photoshop, the first TAB key in the Windows Save As dialog is delayed or ignored.

The same PSD opened from Windows Explorer behaves normally.

Steps to reproduce

1. Drag a PSD file from Directory Opus into Photoshop.
2. Make any small edit.
3. Press Ctrl+Shift+S.
4. Select JPEG.
5. When the Windows Save As dialog appears, immediately press TAB.

Expected result

The keyboard focus should immediately move from the filename field to the file type field.

Actual result

The first TAB key is delayed for approximately 1–2 seconds, or sometimes the first TAB press is ignored and I must press TAB again.

After this initial delay, TAB works normally.

Additional observations

If I press Ctrl+S (Save) once before using Ctrl+Shift+S, the issue does not occur.

Example:

Problem

• Drag PSD from Directory Opus
• Edit
• Ctrl+Shift+S
• First TAB is delayed

No problem

• Drag PSD from Directory Opus
• Edit
• Ctrl+S
• Ctrl+Shift+S
• TAB works immediately

This suggests that performing a normal Save first changes Photoshop's internal document state before the Save As dialog is created.

Another reproducible behavior:

If I successfully save the document once, future Save As operations for that document continue to work correctly.

However, if I rename the folder containing the PSD and then open the PSD again from Directory Opus, the issue returns.

This makes me think Photoshop may cache some information about the document or its location, and renaming the folder causes Photoshop to treat it as a new document.

Comparison

The issue only occurs when the PSD is opened by dragging it from Directory Opus.

Notes

At first I thought Windows Explorer being open might affect the behavior, but after additional testing I found that the delay still occurs even when Windows Explorer is open.

The only consistently reproducible condition is opening the PSD via drag-and-drop from Directory Opus.

Possible cause (speculation)

This is only a hypothesis.

It seems Photoshop initializes the Save As dialog differently depending on how the document was opened.

Perhaps the drag-and-drop data provided by Directory Opus differs slightly from Windows Explorer (IDataObject, Shell Item Array, etc.), causing Photoshop to delay initialization of the Save As dialog.

Offer to help

If there are any debug builds, logging options, or additional information that would help investigate this issue, I would be happy to provide them.