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Anonymous

Question

I can't resize the JavaScript Editor Window

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
June 22, 2020
5 replies
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Hello!

I was messing with the JavaScript Editor window and unintentionally pressed Windows + Left Arrow, making the window fill the left half of my screen.

When I try to resize to a smaller size, it just doesn't work. Is there any way to get this window back to normal? It's too big!

(Restarting the program does not solve anything at all.)

Thank you.

General troubleshooting

JR Boulay

Community Expert

"Insane that this hasn't been adressed in two years. Be better Adobe"

It's not "2 years", this issue exists since 1998, at least.

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

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Wardenburg

Inspiring

Just had this rage stroke inducing crap aswell.

Insane that this hasn't been adressed in two years. Be better Adobe

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Wardenburg

Inspiring

absolute hot garbage, the console has the ssame issue ; bugfixing is a joy like this

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zacharys14110327

Participant

As of 09/30/22 this issue still exists, for simple js code like flattening the file you have to scroll all the way to the bottom and to the right on my machine. @adobe please fix

JR Boulay

Community Expert

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

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becca_2919

Participant

Do you have to save each file if you use an external editor?

(I know this is years old but hoping you are still active in the community)

Thom Parker

Community Expert

Of course.

Try it and see how it works.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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Brandon5CDF

Participant

Any luck with this? It's nearly 10 months later and I'm having the same issue. Neither resizing from the edge or from the little button in the bottom right corner allows me to actually resize the window to a usable size.

Thom Parker

Community Expert

The Answer is "Don't use the built-in JavaScript Editor". It's crap, and it's meant to be that way. Instead, use an external editor. On Windows, notepad is a simple and fast choice, however, Notpad++ is free and an awesome editor. On the Mac use BBEdit.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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Brandon5CDF

Participant

I would normally use Notepad++ but in this circumstance I'm working on a military laptop and unfortunately do not have the option to install external programs. I wish this was only an issue with the editor but also seems to happen to the debugger also. Seems to have been caused by windows "snap" resizing when I was moving the editor and debugger. As a software developer in my civilian job it's quite frustrating running into bugs in programs you have no conrol over. I can't even find a place to report the bug...