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April 11, 2011
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P: Non-focused window scrolling does not work.

On Mac OS 10.6, if I mouse over a window that is focused or not focused, I can scroll that window using my scroll wheel. This doesn't work in PS. I have to focus the window to scroll it. I want it to work the way the system does it.

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Legend
February 4, 2015
Fixed in Photoshop CS6 or later.
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Adobe Employee
June 23, 2011
I went ahead and logged this one in our bug database.
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Legend
April 27, 2011
Thanks for the vid. Makes perfect sense now. We'll investigate.
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Legend
April 27, 2011
Ahh. That description makes sense to me. Now I'm understanding what you're seeing. I'll look into it.
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hobbbzAuthor
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April 27, 2011

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hobbbzAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 27, 2011
I don't have a reliable screen capture tool but here is more information:

Having multiple docs in PS is where the problem lies. With Safari active I can scroll the last active window from PS but not a window that was not the last one active.

I will keep trying to get a screen cap.
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Legend
April 27, 2011
Hi Julian,

Can you provide a screenshot of what you are seeing? Here's Photoshop as a non-focused app and I'm able to scroll non-focused windows (Safari has the focus):

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hobbbzAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 27, 2011
A feature of Mac OS X is that you can move your mouse over any window (active or not) and scroll the wheel (or ball or magic mouse) and that window will scroll.

This doesn't work for me.
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Inspiring
April 13, 2011
It is also working just fine for me in OS X.

Though, I'd normally expect that if Photoshop isn't the active application, documents wouldn''t be scrolling.
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hobbbzAuthor
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April 13, 2011
No inactive windows in PS will scroll for me. This is broken when in another app and mousing-over+scrolling on PS and also while in a PS document and m-o+s an inactive document.
For clarity, I do not use the application frame, as it is an abomination.
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