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Phalconheart
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November 1, 2017
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[CTRL]+TAB no longer cycles through minimized documents in CC2018?

  • November 1, 2017
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When working on multiple documents, I always need to cycle through them. I've always used [CTRL]+TAB (or [Shift] TAB) in the past. However, since the 2018 update, this no longer cycles through the minimized documents. This is REALLY inconvenient!!! The only way to access the minimized docs is to go to the >Window menu and individually click on every single document to re-activate it.

Is there a way to use the legacy keyboard shortcut to cycle through the opened documents (including the minimized ones)?

thanks,

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Correct answer Jeff Arola

It's broken on the mac side as well.

Neither the Control+Tab or Command+Tilde work for bring up and cycling through minimized documents.

Hopefully it's just a bug that needs fixing.

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Kukurykus
Kukurykus
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March 25, 2018

'Ctrl (Shift) Tab' to cycle through minimized documents is not only thing that doesn't work in CC 2018. You can't use 'View / Screen Mode' still in the same situation, however that was broken in CC 2015 and never fixed More findings about these problems read in report on Photoshop Family site in two separate posts I made (initial, and 2nd one - much more detailed):

Opened document(s) is/are invisible coming back to Ps 19.1.2 after using 'win d' or 'alt tab' in Windows! | Photoshop Fa…

Jeff Arola
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Jeff ArolaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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November 1, 2017

It's broken on the mac side as well.

Neither the Control+Tab or Command+Tilde work for bring up and cycling through minimized documents.

Hopefully it's just a bug that needs fixing.

    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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    November 1, 2017

    I'm with Chuck and prefer the tabbed interface, but Jeff Arola​, I'd encourage you to report this as well using the link I provided earlier. The more people who say something, the more likely it is to get fixed.

    ~Barb

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
    Chuck Uebele
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    Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
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    November 1, 2017

    Yea, you're right. It will cycle through floating windows, and tabbed windows. I checked on 2017, and cycling though minimized files, brought them up, but didn't minimize them once a new document was selected. I suppose that might be part of your workflow. I find tabbed windows much easier to use. Only rarely will I use floating windows when comparing two docs.

    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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    November 1, 2017

    You are correct—that has changed. You can report the new behavior (and the wish to return to the old behavior) here:

    https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family?topic-list[settings][type]=problem

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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