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Two windows open in Bridge Oct. 2022 update?

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November 1, 2022
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Hi!! I use Bridge daily and always have had 2 - 4 Bridge windows open so that I could easily move files from folder to folder after viewing them. However with the new Bridge update there no longer exists the "File, New Window" option. After several hours, ok a few days...., of toying around and looking through discussion boards I couldn't find any information. Does anyone know how to have more than one Bridge window open with the new update? Thanks in advance.

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Correct answer jimpurcell

I believe the secret is in the Undock command. It alows you to resize and move your content pane to where you want it. With two content panes open, you have the functionality that you had before. Hope this helps.

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BG painter

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I share your frustration. I'm going back to the one before this update. I work at Disney and we need to manage huge amounts of files by visually seeing them (the previews), and then grabbing and pulling multiple files into different folders. It has to be intuitive and quick. The 2023 update pretty much defeats that.

Just as seen

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Absolutely. Another thing I’ve noticed, is that with the multiple content tab options, which some of the community experts mention, you can only open a certain amount of content tabs at a time….it is not unlimited, as I found out to my frustration. Basically, this has slowed everybody’s work slow down, instead of speeding it up. I appreciate that Adobe are trying to improve things, but they haven’t consulted with people who use daily workflows in this way.
By all means keep the content tab options, but please, please reinstate the multiple window option as well.

gary_sc

Community Expert

HI @Just as seen I'm curious by what you said. Typically I can get by with one Content Tab and may use up to three. On an experiment one time, I had 10 open. I did not notice any lag (only a very cluttered window).

What kind of files were you looking at, and how big were they? What is your OS, and how old is your system? How much RAM do you have?

I'm asking all this so I can get a better understanding of the potential limitations of Bridge. Thanks in advance for helping me out.

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kevinp68005875

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What smart person and Adobe hierarchy decided that we little dweebs pay for this should not be able to have more than one window open and thought we needed this? This is absolutely stupid I use more than one window all the time like I used two screens on my computer! fix this!!!!!!!!!!

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Rossatron

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This update really annoyed me as on occasion I would be doing some file naming and I might need to have two edited versions of the same images open in different windows. Sometimes the file naming got messed up, so being able to switch back and forth between windows with a keyboard shortcut meant I could quickly see images that were in the wrong place before renaming again to fix whatever mistake I had made.

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olegc13338458

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What a desisater I encounter the same problem. And get my work flow rioght with content panel: I thoght updates are to make things better. I hope they resolve this issue. But I will go back to the old version meanwhile.

penguinmoonstudios

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Yes, very frustrating! I sure hope adobe brings it back. It's just another window, for pete's sake. 🙂

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Bowserb46

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Melani, FWIW, there is more. I finally gave up and went back to 12.0.3.270 (Windows version.)

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BestLightPhotography

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How did you go back to the earlier version? Is it available? Thanks.

PECourtejoie

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Hi, it is explained here: Install a previous version from the Creative Cloud application: https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/using/install-previous-version.html

Just as seen

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Hi Melanie, I've got the same problem. I've used Bridge for years and suddenly Adobe in their wisdom have removed the File>New Window option. So frustrating.

PECourtejoie

Community Expert

@Just as seen @BestLightPhotography @Melani Lust could you describe how you operated before that you cannot anymore with the new multiple content interface? You can now see two different folders in the same window: https://helpx.adobe.com//bridge/using/whats-new/2023.html#workspace_management

~ Gil

Inspiring

Yes you can do that, however there is no folder tree in the additional tab and . . when you drag a file from one folder to another, the folder tree returns focus to the top of your file system. It used to be "sticky" in other words, the folder tree was unaffected by the movement of files.

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BestLightPhotography

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I noticed that immediately too. A disaster for my workflow. I hope they will bring it back. I wish I hadn't installed this version.

gary_sc

Community Expert

Bridge 2023 does not allow more than one window. Adobe knows that this did not go over well. You can now have more than one Content Panel, but (obviously) this is different than windows.

I do not know if the new Multiple Content Panels make multiple windows possible or not.

Adobe has not commented on whether multiple windows are coming back or not. We are all waiting for a comment from them on this.

Melani LustAuthor

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Oh gosh, this is terrible, thank you so much for letting me know. Thi is the main reason I use Bridge, so that I can move images around to different folders and drives. I'll try to see if I can get the old Bridge back. I really appreciate you letting me know, what a horrible "update!"

gary_sc

Community Expert

Hi @Melani Lust just so you know. You CAN do that in the new Bridge. But rather than having multiple windows open, you do that with Multiple Content Panels open.

I do not know if you've ever placed the content of one image into another image in Photoshop, but the approach is the same. First, you need two Content Panels open. There are many ways to do this. If you see a plus (+) in the Content Panel, clicking that will open a new Content Panel, but it will default to a default location. From here, you can either maneuver to the desired folder in the Folders Panel or, if you already have it open, with the new Content Tab selected (there will be a blue line around the Panel, and there will be a blue box adjacent to the title), you can drag your desired folder or an image from that folder to the Bridge icon in the Dock, and that will populate that new Content Panel.

If you have a folder with multiple sub-folders, you can right-click on one of them and select Open in the new Content Tab.

If you've been to the desired folder recently, you can go to the "Recent" icon in the tools (it looks like a clock), and select that folder to fill the new Content Tab.

At this point, back to the Photoshop analogy. If you mouse-down the selected file(s), you can drag that to the name of the older/newer Content Tab. Once you see that it has become the selected Tab, drag it/them into the body of the Tab and let go. You've now moved your files into the desired Tab.

Also, note you have as many Content Tabs as you have room for. You can even make a Workspace filled with Content Tabs (however, that will make selecting their folders a bit more work).

I hope this helps.

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