Contextual Task Bar blinking

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June 10, 2023
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Apple Mac Studio M1 Max, 64GB RAM, macOS 13.4, Adobe Photoshop beta 24.7.0

The Contextual Task Bar is in a constant state of "blinking" – even with a newly created document with nothing but a white background fill. It's absolutely nauseating.

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Correct answer Pieter Tel

The problem with me was caused by 'RightFont', a font management program. In Rightfont's preferences, I disabled 'auto activation' for photoshop. The blinking was gone immediately.

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Pieter TelCorrect answer

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The problem with me was caused by 'RightFont', a font management program. In Rightfont's preferences, I disabled 'auto activation' for photoshop. The blinking was gone immediately.

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Simeon.Brandner

Known Participant

Ah that's the problem, not sure if that is really solving it, but at least now Adobe team knows where it comes from and can work with that 😉

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John V Knowles

Braniac

My Contextual Task Bar always blinks while I'm working. I read previous posts about this but the recommended solve - turn off "Disable Native Canvas" in the prefs -- does not work. This occurs in the latest release (24.7) as well as the Beta. In the Beta it's very frustrating because I can't enter text in the Generative Fill field easily.

M1 Ultra Studio, 64GB, Ventura 13.4.1, LG UltraHD display and HP 24" display.

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Kevin Stohlmeyer

Braniac

Hi John - check this post for a solution:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta-discussions/contextual-task-bar-blinking/td-p/13855374

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John V Knowles

Braniac

I know this post has a solution marked but I'm still getting this issue. Blinking pretty contstantly, making it almost impossible to type into the field for generative previews.

M1 Ultra Studio, 64GB RAM, Photoshop Beta v25.0

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graphic macAuthor

Inspiring

And after the last two updates where it was fixed, it is now back to blinking constantly. I should note that it only blinks while it is not being actively used (i.e., it doesn't blink while I have text selected, but starts blinking the moment I switch tools to something else or deselect the text).

I'm wondering if this is an Apple Silicon video issue.

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Simeon.Brandner

Known Participant

Me it even blinks while I type text... horrible to use...

Hoof

Participating Frequently

Yes! I have to time typing characters one at a time to happen when the thing is visible, otherwise I am actually ging Photoshop bèta shortkey instructions. It was working just fine one update ago.. I miss that version..