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Timon Arnold
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September 21, 2026
Question

UI panels flicker when resizing panels in Photoshop and Illustrator

  • September 21, 2026
  • 2 replies
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When I drag the edge of a panel (Properties, Layers, Color) in Photoshop, the panel content disappears for several frames, ghost panel edges/scrollbars flash in the middle of the workspace, and the layout jumps around. Screen recording attached. Illustrator is just as bad. Premiere Pro is affected too, but noticeably less. The same workflow is perfectly smooth on a Mac.

System:
- Photoshop 27.10, Illustrator [Version], Premiere Pro [Version]
- Windows 11 25H2 (build 26200.9445)
- AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, Adrenalin 26.8.1
- CPU: AMD [CPU model]
- Dell S3422DWG, 3440x1440 @ 144 Hz via DisplayPort
- Windows and Photoshop UI scaling at 100 %

Already tried (no change):
- FreeSync off; Anti-Lag, Chill, Enhanced Sync, Image Sharpening all off
- Multiplane Overlay (MPO) disabled
- Use Graphics Processor off / Basic drawing mode
- Native Canvas deactivated
- WebView2 GPU rendering disabled (WEBVIEW2_ADDITIONAL_BROWSER_ARGUMENTS=--disable-gpu)
- Clean boot
- Fresh Windows user account

Not affected:
Chrome, Edge and File Explorer resize without any flicker on the same machine, so this looks specific to Adobe's UI rendering.

Expected:
Panels resize smoothly, as on macOS.

Is this a known issue, and is there a workaround or fix planned?

    2 replies

    Timon ArnoldAuthor
    Participant
    September 22, 2026

    Hi Anshul,

    Thanks for looking into this. Here are the results:

    The SystemInfo is in the appended file.

    Graphics adapters: Only the Radeon RX 6700 XT is listed under Device Manager > Display adapters, no integrated GPU on this system.

    DisplayPort, 60 Hz: Same flickering/ghost panel edges as at 144 Hz. No noticeable difference.

    HDMI, 100 Hz: Same result as DisplayPort, flickering was unchanged. However, on my first attempt at this test my PC crashed (hard crash/reboot) while starting Photoshop. After reboot I repeated the test, which completed normally with the same flickering as over DisplayPort, but wanted to flag the crash in case it's relevant.

    So across all three connection/refresh-rate combinations (DP 144 Hz, DP 60 Hz, HDMI 100 Hz) the flickering behavior is identical, and there's no integrated GPU in the picture.

    Best,
    Timon

    Anshul_Saini
    Community Manager
    Anshul_SainiCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    September 21, 2026

    Hi @Timon Arnold,

    Thanks for the detailed report and for including the screen recording. I haven’t been able to find another current report that matches this exact combination of panel-resize flickering across Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro, so I’d like to rule out a couple of display-path variables before taking this further.

    First, could you please share Help > System Info from Photoshop? You can copy the information and paste it into your reply.

    Since your Dell S3422DWG is currently connected to the RX 6700 XT over DisplayPort, could you also run one controlled comparison:

    • Connect the monitor directly via HDMI rather than DisplayPort, using an HDMI cable if possible, and test the same panel-resizing workflow in Photoshop.

      Please keep the resolution and Windows scaling the same for that test. Let us know whether the flickering/ghost panel edges are unchanged, reduced, or disappear.

    • One other thing I’d like to check: does your system have both integrated graphics and the Radeon RX 6700 XT listed under Windows Device Manager > Display adapters?

      If it does, please tell us the exact integrated GPU model. As a diagnostic test, you can temporarily disable one graphics adapter at a time in Device Manager, restart Photoshop, and repeat the panel-resize test. Please re-enable each adapter after its test. This would help determine whether Windows is involving more than one display adapter in the UI composition path.

    • Finally, if convenient, could you temporarily set the Dell to 60 Hz and repeat the same resize shown in your recording? I’m not suggesting 60 Hz as a permanent workaround; this is just to determine whether refresh rate materially changes the behavior.

      So the most useful comparisons would be:

      • DisplayPort 144 Hz current behavior

      • HDMI at the same resolution/refresh rate supported by the connection

      • DisplayPort 60 Hz

      • Dedicated GPU only, if the machine also has an integrated GPU

    Once we have the System Info and those results, we’ll have a much better idea whether this is specific to the display path/configuration or something we need to investigate further.

    Best,
    Anshul Saini

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