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DagJ
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October 26, 2010
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How to lock panels in fullscreen mode

  • October 26, 2010
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Hi all

This might be a silly question, but since I converted from CS3 on Windows to CS5 on Mac I´ve been unable to do the following with the layout:

I want the panels to be locked to the main window in full screen mode, so that when I open and work with files, they don´t get partly hidden behind the tool panels. I have searched and searched but to no avail.

Help much appreciated?

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    Correct answer charles badland

    DagJ wrote:

    I´m embarrassed by my own language. Sorry about the confusion.

    I´ll try again. I do not mean the "tool tabs" or the "panels" but just the tabs (histogram, layers, navigator, etc) and the one and only "tool tab"(brushes and other tools)…

    It seems to me like you really mean panels every time you type "tabs" there.  In other words, what used to be called palettes and are now known as panels.

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    Wo Tai Lao Le

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    What you want is Application Frame. On the right it has a "panel dock" area (sory Tai, don't know that term! "Well" has been used...). To get this workspace open your image in normal view mode. Then go Window>Application Frame (near the bottom of the menu). THEN go Window>Workspace>Reset Essentials.  You will see a work area like you posted. Unless you grab the panels out the right hand dock area and float them, they will stay put and move with the whole document window.

    From Photoshop Help:

    The Application frame groups all the workspace elements in a single, integrated window that lets you treat the application as a single unit. When you move or resize the Application frame or any of its elements, all the elements within it respond to each other so none overlap. Panels don’t disappear when you switch applications or when you accidentally click out of the application.

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    charles badland
    Inspiring
    October 26, 2010

    Have you tried Application Frame?

    Window>Application Frame

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      DagJAuthor
      Participant
      October 26, 2010

      Yes, but it doesn´t help.

      Maybe I´m using the wrong words here, but I mean the tool tabs. I want them to lock to the main window so that the image cannot go on top or below the tools.

      In earlier (Windows-) versions you could have PS use one big window covering the whole screen without seeing through it. That´s what I want back.

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      charles badland
      Inspiring
      October 26, 2010

      I don't use Application Frame much. But I thought you could "nest" your image within the frame. And the panels stayed put unless you moved them on purpose. You can move the whole document window and all (image, toolbar, panels) move as one group.

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