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sherrysimonetti
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February 15, 2018
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photoshop cc won't automatically resize the window when zooming

  • February 15, 2018
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updated cc and lost my automatic resize when zooming. Have reset my workspace, preferences, etc and can't get it working. researching this I keep finding the following fix:

this tells me to go to general preferences and click the 'automatic resize box' which is not available. Its driving me crazy!!! any ideas??

My general settings

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Correct answer JJMack

Can you give us more information like OS version and Photoshop versions.  I find it works on my Windows 10 machines in all version of Photoshop. But I also have a problem with it. Something seems to change one setting  in tools preferences  "Zoom Resizes Windows" I have to frequently edit my preferences to recheck that preference. I have not been able to track dow what it doing it. Most likely a script , action or plug-in.

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JJMack
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JJMackCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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February 15, 2018

Can you give us more information like OS version and Photoshop versions.  I find it works on my Windows 10 machines in all version of Photoshop. But I also have a problem with it. Something seems to change one setting  in tools preferences  "Zoom Resizes Windows" I have to frequently edit my preferences to recheck that preference. I have not been able to track dow what it doing it. Most likely a script , action or plug-in.

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sherrysimonettiAuthor
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February 15, 2018

ARGHHHHH! I kept looking in the General and workspace preferences NOT the tool preferences. Stupid mistake. Thanks so much for the response - my workflow is very happy again!

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Wizzerd Student
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June 20, 2023

It is the setting enable floating to be docked, which is in the Edit> Preferences>Workspace
Uncheck that setting; the description that appears a few seconds after hovering your cursor on that option says "hold crtl and drag[click]" to temporaily disable it (likely cmd on mac idk).
I check all options to get this answer because everyone other reply/question was talk of a different resizing issue. I was trying to have both photoshop and illustrator on the screen and felt like it could be plugin or scripts but here's a pic of the option:



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