Active image to the front (floating windows)

Question

Please help me solve this problem. When I open multiple images in Photoshop, I can't always bring the active image to the front. Watch the video. Photoshop version 26.7.0. Everything was fine in previous versions.

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fotorola · Accepted Answer

Hi @fotorola, Thank you for providing your system information and the issue's screen recording; that was helpful! Good to hear that the problem disappears when the tabs are consolidated, and it's good that you have the latest Graphics drivers installed.

Looking at your system configuration, what stood out to me was that the version of Windows you're on is a release preview. Pre-release builds of Windows are inherently less stable and can introduce unexpected behaviors or incompatibilities with existing software. Since you've deduced by your testing that this issue does not happen with previous Photoshop versions, the problem isn't universally present on your current Windows build. Still, a new incompatibility exists between PS 26.7.0 and Windows build 26100.

I'd suggest you revert your Windows 11 installation to a stable, publicly released version.

Also, since you have multiple plugins installed, I'd suggest turning them off and trying to reproduce the issue. You can refer to this Helpx article for steps and further information https://adobe.ly/4mTtLkR

Hope this helps!

Cheers!

Hello! It turns out that the system is useless here. With the new update, everything is fine. Thanks for the help. Good luck to everyone!

Stephen Marsh · Answer

@fotorola

Resetting preferences often fixes unexpected behaviour (backup custom actions and other presets, just in case).

At the foot of the Window menu, the open docs are listed, allowing you to pick the active document.

The native commands to cycle through open doc windows are control + tab or shift + control + tab on Win/Mac.

What happens if you go to Window > Consolidate All to Tabs and/or back to Float All in Windows

This simple script will cycle through the open document windows, a custom keyboard shortcut can also be applied:

#target photoshop

/* You can use either +1 or -1 to cycle forwards or backwards through open document windows */

selectWindow(+1);

function selectWindow(cycleValue) {
	var s2t = function (s) {
		return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
	};
	var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
	var reference = new ActionReference();
	reference.putOffset( s2t( "document" ), cycleValue );
	descriptor.putReference( s2t( "null" ), reference );
	executeAction( s2t( "select" ), descriptor, DialogModes.NO );
}

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

You can also take a look at the following plugin for a visual alternative:

https://docmanager.pixelsucht.net/en/

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