before/after picture on same display not possible anymore?

I thought that perhaps the op was referring to the missing Before/After side by side view that was removed in the Quick mode in PSE 2026.

Now in PSE 2026 instead of seeing the before and after as side by side, you now have to press a before/after button to see the before and after results.

PSE 2025 in Quick mode

PSE 2026 in the Quick mode

It’s by design--  for some oddball reason.   It’s not a bug, and with a new version withing 4-8 weeks of release there is zero chance this feature would be added to pse 2026.  

I do think I found a quick n easy solution (from 9 years ago!) to this missing feature that many appear to request:

FILE>DUPLICATE.   Then WINDOW>IMAGES>TILE.

 

There are a couple of other options out there but their use results in a “clunky” work flow- so I don’t really even bother talking about them.

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I’m going back to using PSE 2025 because that feature is missing. It’s a feature that I use constantly.  I hate that I wasted money on the upgrade. 

Your referring to Quick mode in the Photoshop Elements 2026 Editor?

It’s in Adobe Camera Raw.   Click on the square icon near the bottom right corner.  It should be the first icon the far right of the visible star rating.    The forum isn’t allowing image uploads right now, sorry. 

When I was creating  the original post I l kept getting error messages about waiting for a file to upload, so I closed that post, and started another one.

I did that few times while trying out different things to see if I still got the error message.

It’s in Adobe Camera Raw.   Click on the square icon near the bottom right corner.  It should be the first icon the far right of the visible star rating.    The forum isn’t allowing image uploads right now, sorry. 

It’s in Adobe Camera Raw.   Click on the square icon near the bottom right corner.    The forum isn’t allowing image uploads right now, sorry. 

It’s available in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR).

 

The response from below is 3 years old- but still applies.

Many users in the past have used the history (F10) panel to view what they started with- and many say using it is quicker than a before/after side by side comparison. 

 

There could by any number of reasons why it’s not a clearcut option in PSE, however, I think it may be simply because not too many people use it.