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bkushner08106
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July 26, 2025

P: PS 26.9 Brightness Contrast Tool Window Will Not Stay Where Moved

  • July 26, 2025
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My Brigtness / Contrast tool window pops up DEAD CENTER every time I open it so it's right over the image.  I move it off to the side off the image but it doesn't stay put. Next time I open it it's right back at dead center.  Every other tool window in PS stays wherever I move it. Why won't this window stay put?

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    Jeffrey Greenberg
    Known Participant
    August 13, 2025
    Photoshop 26.8.1
    Brightness/Contrast not previewing;
    can see it changing after I click & as image closes;
    also, Brightness/Contrast box only appears center of screen over image,
    not in lower right corner where I drag it to be out of image's way;
    tried Preferences > General > Reset Preferences on Quit, didn't resolve;
    please advise, thanks in advance
    Jeff Arola
    Community Expert
    Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 13, 2025

    Update Photoshop to 26.9 and see if that resolves the issue.

     

    From within Photoshop go to Help>Updates.

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    juancasini
    Known Participant
    August 1, 2025

    It's very annoying that this window always pops up in the middle of the screen, i have to manually drag it everytime to see how it affects my work. 

     

    Also please remove the "use legacy" option from below, it's unnecesary and it breaks the option to move from brightness to contrast pressing tab (which I used a lot and was super practical)

    Sameer K
    Community Manager
    Sameer KCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    August 1, 2025

    Thanks for the reports! The issue appeared in PS Beta, and it remains in Photoshop v26.9. The current version of Photoshop Beta 26.10 (m.3166) works as expected. Please feel free to try & report back. 

    Best,
    Sameer K
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    bkushner08106Autor
    Participant
    July 28, 2025

    OK thanks everyone. Glad to see it's not only me.

    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 26, 2025

    Bightness/Contrast is not a Tool but an Adjustment. 

     

    Are you talking about a Brightness/Contrast Adjustment Layer or applying the Adjustment destructively? 

    For the latter case I can reproduce the issue – which might indicate that it’s an intended behaviour but as the Curves and Hue/Saturation modal windows appear to maintain the last position it does seem like unexpected behaviour (at least). 

      Sameer K
      Community Manager
      Sameer KCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      July 28, 2025

      Hey, @bkushner08106, welcome to the Photoshop Community. Thanks to @Ged_Traynor and @c.pfaffenbichler for the great suggestion and for helping speed this up. 

       

      I can verify the team has worked on this and the fix is available in Photoshop (beta). Please try Photoshop (beta) from the Creative Cloud desktop app > Beta Apps Section and check if the behavior exists. 

       

      Thanks! 

      Sameer K

      (Type '@' and type my name to mention me when you reply)

        Ged_Traynor
        Community Expert
        Ged_TraynorCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        July 26, 2025

        @bkushner08106 try manually resetting your Photoshop preferences
        https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually
        Remember to back up your settings before doing the preference reset
        https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/photoshop/using/preset-migration.html

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