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February 2, 2023
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Adobe Express tool bars are in the way all the time

Anyone else get annoyed by the Adobe Express tool bars that are always in the way covering up portions of your project canvas? Is Adobe working on this?  It's especially troublesome and hair pullingly annoying when working zoomed in with the project taking up most of the active workspace. I click on an asset on the project to interact with it and the left or right toolbars pop up and cover up most or all of the asset I'm trying to access.  When you go to close the tool bar the selected asset becomes deselected There's got to be a better way to have the tool bars and project canvas move together so that the program automatically avoids covering up the canvas as much as possible.  I often times have to zoom out and drag the canvas over to the empty space available.  The toolbars should be movable or have a quick minimize feature so that I can maintain my zoom level work on the asset I want and then have the toolbar open when I'm actually ready to use it.

The tool bars also take up so much room in the work space. Why aren't they movable or anchored along the top of the workspace?

Being able to auto-center on the active selected asset or portion of the canvas, when zoomed in a lot, would be very helpful too.

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Rose DV
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Community Manager
October 13, 2026

Hey ​@romantic_contributord1ea! I believe you’re talking about the floating contextual bar in Express, correct? 

This is very old thread, so the UI is very different now. I’ve definitely seen other users have the same frustration as you about it sometimes covering parts of your canvas.

We have a spot in our Uservoice that you can add your comment to, and the product team monitors this page: https://adobeexpress.uservoice.com/forums/951181-adobe-express/suggestions/48781457-turn-off-contextual-task-bar

Would love it if you upvoted over there! 

Rose

P.S. I am going to lock this thread since it’s no longer relevant overall to the newest version of Express. For anyone coming across this thread - feel free to upvote in Uservoice!

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Participant
October 13, 2026

WHY NOT JUST HAVE IT ON THE SIDE AWAY FROM THE CANVAS!

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Rose DV
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Rose DVCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
October 13, 2026

Hey ​@romantic_contributord1ea! I believe you’re talking about the floating contextual bar in Express, correct? 

This is very old thread, so the UI is very different now. I’ve definitely seen other users have the same frustration as you about it sometimes covering parts of your canvas.

We have a spot in our Uservoice that you can add your comment to, and the product team monitors this page: https://adobeexpress.uservoice.com/forums/951181-adobe-express/suggestions/48781457-turn-off-contextual-task-bar

Would love it if you upvoted over there! 

Rose

P.S. I am going to lock this thread since it’s no longer relevant overall to the newest version of Express. For anyone coming across this thread - feel free to upvote in Uservoice!

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brolly
Participant
January 19, 2024

Me too - it seems worse than ever right now - to the point of not being usable. Is it just me? Things are jumping all over the place. Just let me set the zoom level and leave me alone to work!

 

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Participant
February 11, 2025

SAME, SAME, SAME! 

What is the fix?

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Amitej S
Community Manager
Community Manager
February 13, 2025

Hey @kedenfield, Can you share a screenshot of what and how the Adobe Express screen is showing up for you? It will help us understand the issue and provide you with a better resolution.

You may also want to reset the browser's Zoom and any other settings; if you've installed any plugins or extensions, try disabling them. 

 

Please share your observations with us!!

Amitej

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Amitej S
Community Manager
Community Manager
February 10, 2023

Hi @Rion22982451h2r6 

Welcome to the Adobe Express Community!!

 

It seems the issue is with the browser zoom feature rather than the Adobe Express interface. Could you reset your browser setting to default? Also, I'd recommend you use Adobe Express on a different browser or after clearing the cache/cookies or in incognito/private browsing mode to check if that makes any difference.

 

And if possible, provide us with a screen recording of the issue for better understanding.

 

Let us know about your observations.

 

Best,

Amitej

 

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MusicByLoriD
Participant
February 11, 2023

I am having this same issue. When I go to edit/move or pic anything the box covers what I'm doing. I have tried using a different browser and setting zoom to 100% but it still covers. I'm looking for a way to move the project over. No luck. This is very frustrating. I can't believe this has to be like this. Any help is appreciated.

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MusicByLoriD
Participant
February 11, 2023

As a follow up.... I've noticed if I zoom out of the project (using the top toolbar) to say 25% then pick the item I want to move.... then the zoom back to 100%, it moves the project over and the box doesn't cover it.  

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