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Inspiring
June 2, 2011
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P: Show document tabs in fullscreen mode

  • June 2, 2011
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Full screen mode is one of the best features of Photoshop but I believe since CS4 or 5 it started hiding the document tabs and you can't bring them back without leaving fullscreen or with Shift F or other shortcut that I know of.

Please undo this change in the next version of Ps or make it optional.

18 replies

Participating Frequently
November 17, 2021

~ is not a key on keyboards in Norway. If tabs are not possible and hotkey is supposed to be the solution for switching windows, at least use the default OS key combinations, so we are able to use it.

Inspiring
November 1, 2017
I'm joining the choir. 
The ability to choose to have tabs shown in the two full screen modes is in my opinion the single most important interface change you could make in your next update.

Cheers.
Participating Frequently
October 17, 2016




I want tab in full screen mode.
grauenwölfe
Inspiring
December 31, 2015
Update?
Inspiring
July 15, 2014
Any updates to this? Essentially want to be able to free roam in a full screen mode with menus yet still have the option to see all my tabs as I'm constantly going between files and need to know the names of each one before I know where I need to duplicate a layer to, etc. Becomes extremely annoying when I have to exit out of the screen mode to just see the tabs for the file names. That, or allow free roam in the standard view and I'd be happy.
Inspiring
September 20, 2012
Is there any plan to implement the windows taskbar back to being viewable in full screen with menu bar mode? I used to use this all the time and still want to (CS5). I work in 3d graphics and have to work on textures and 3d models concurrently - consequently I flick between 3dsmax and photoshop almost constantly to check texture updates. Pressing F multiple times just to be able to see the taskbar is a real pain now. I've heard all the various methods you can use to get round this but there's nothing better than simply clicking a tab at the bottom of the screen to go back and forwards between apps. It NEEDS bringing back in as an option, I've been using photoshop for 15 odd years and I cannot fathom why this would get removed.
Inspiring
June 23, 2012
CS6 - vast UI improvement, but... it would be MASSIVE if you all incorporated some of LR's UI, namely the hover to reveal modules. And maybe instead of tabs a key stroke could reveal thumbnails of open docs in a HUD in the center of the screen, like Command + Tab in OSX reveal open apps.
Inspiring
June 13, 2012
Not sure about earlier versions but in CS5 and on all you need to do is check Application Frame under the Window menu and... BAM!
Inspiring
April 19, 2012
Please add tabs to the Full Screen and Full Screen With Menu Bar views. I have many PSD files open at the same time and like to flick between them easily (I know there is a keyboard 'shortcut' to scroll through open windows but it's not the same).

I am on a 13 inch monitor so screen space is crucial. There is so much more space even on FSw/MB view.

I can't believe there are no tabs in full screen! It makes it unusable. Please fix.

Inspiring
October 4, 2011
i fifth this one.. annoying that free roaming canvas does not show tabs.. I have lots of things opened, having to ctrl+tab to keep wandering until i find what i need is a waste of time