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December 19, 2018

P: When changing tabs, you see the current tab until you resize the entire image window

  • December 19, 2018
  • 22 replies
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Sometimes if I have multiple files open in tabs, when I select another tab from the one I am working on, I will continue to see the tab I just navigated from until I resize the entire window. This also applies to tab groups of other windows such as character, paragraph, properties, layers, etc. So for example, I will be in the Layer tab in a tab group, click on the Properties tab, and continue to see layers even though the Properties tab is selected. Then when I resize the window, I'll see the correct content in the tab. Sometimes, opening an additional file has also fixed the problem. 

This doesn't happen consistently enough to replicate on command, it only seems to happen once every few days, and on completely random files. Still, this is a huge disruption to my workflow.

22 replies

Legend
October 30, 2020

OK. Keep 21 installed in case you want to go back. 

Participant
October 30, 2020

@Jeffrey thanks for the extremely fast response, no it looks like I'm on v21, I will update now and report back if I have further issues, thanks!

Legend
October 30, 2020

@334571 are you running the latest version of Photoshop? (v22)

Participant
October 30, 2020

Same here, photoshop freezes on my current canvas and allows me to switch tabs but nothing changes. Trying to switch between documents only shows the document canvas I'm currently working on unless I manually resize the window as suggested. Also, clicking between tabs on the workspace, like adjustments/properties does not change the to the active tab.

Inspiring
April 3, 2020
Same here. Same OS. Inorder to make the tab show the actual content of the tab, I have to resize the entire PS window. Just drag it a fraction bigger and the tab will display.
jhtrosenAuthor
Participating Frequently
February 10, 2020
Yeah mine was fixed for a long time, and recently had the issue pop up again. Sounds like a lot of others are in the same boat!
Participating Frequently
February 8, 2020
Geoffrey, hi! A year has passed, many people still have a problem, there are several similar topics and all are unanswered. What did the engineers say? Is any work being done to solve the problem?
Participating Frequently
February 6, 2020
mac os catalina 10.15.3, illustrator 24.0.3, photoshop 21.0.3
the problem remains (((
Jesper Storm Bache
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
June 6, 2019
No problem - let me know if you see problems after you update.
jhtrosenAuthor
Participating Frequently
June 6, 2019
Dang... I totally just got per my last email'd, didn't I.
Sorry, I read it too quickly and thought it was referring to PS version not Mac version! *facepalm* I'll get it updated, thanks!