Stop CC from automatically opening files from the dock

[Niall5C30]

Hi, sometimes I dock an open Illustrator file and work on other files. When I close the files I am working on it automatically undocks the Illustrator file in the dock even though that isn't what I want to work on next. Anyone know how to stop that and leave the file in the dock until selected? Ta...

[kglad]

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[Niall5C30]

Hi kglad, do I need to know where this has been moved to? Are there any responses?

[kglad]

i moved it to the illustrator forum. no one's responded.

you should be able to click the link to your message and see the message, where it's located etc.

[Niall5C30]

Thanks kglad.

[kglad]

(you're welcome.  now if we could just get some one to respond..)

[kglad]

are you using a dock in ai or are you talking about the mac dock?

if the former, see if this helps, https://helpx.adobe.com/incopy/using/workspace-basics.html

[Niall5C30]

The Mac dock. When I select the 'minimise' yellow cirlce and dock the file, if I have another Illustrator file open and close that the other file pops up from the dock. But that isn't necessarily what I want to work on and I have to minimise it again.

[kglad]

i don't use ai much.  but i do use animate a lot. and ai and animate work the same way with respect to tabs.

ie, i often have several animate files open at the same time each of them in their own tab.  why don't you do the same with ai?

[Niall5C30]

I think it happens with all CC programs actually but I would like to turn it off. I don't group my tabs, so they are all individually tabbed. I just want to be able to leave a file in the doc and select it rather than it automatically opening the program becuase it is the last file of that program open, and then I have to minimise it again, see attached screen record. 

[kglad]

ok, but think about what your 2nd choice would be.

[Ton Frederiks]

It may be time for a feature request (you may want to search if a similar one already exists).

https://illustrator.uservoice.com/