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Inspiring
June 20, 2017

P: Unwanted Main Window Resizing in Photoshop CC

  • June 20, 2017
  • 26 replies
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When I manually resize the main window in Photoshop CC, and then switch to a different image by clicking on a tab, the window resizes, usually just vertically. Extremely annoying!

 

How do I make it so that when I manually resize the main window, it stays that size.

 

Thanks in advance!

26 replies

Participant
October 15, 2024

Photoshop 2025 and no solution at all. Adobe has forgotten us! It's hard to understand why this simple behavior is not implemented, specially since it's been there in previous versions and it is consistent in Illustrator and InDesign... Please Adobe help us!!!

Participant
March 5, 2024

2024 and still no answer? Or at least not on this thread and I can't find a better place.

Inspiring
January 2, 2024

There are multiple threads on this and it's been many years since this broke.  I use Photoshop everyday and if I could have a nickel for every time I have to adjust the window, I'd be rich by now.

Participant
December 29, 2023

I can't understand how this is not yet fixed. This behaviour is consistent in inDesign and Illustrator and never has been broken. Why is it so hard to feature it in Photoshop, specially when it's been there before?

Participant
December 25, 2023

@CShubert Is this ever going to be fixed?!?!? We're on 25.3 here, and it's still doing it. I thought surely it would be fixed by now. Can you at least give us a preference setting or something to turn it back to a legacy mode????

Participant
August 9, 2023

Was this ever fixed?? My mom uses tabs all the time, but since I upgraded her, it makes it impossible to edit multiple photos when the window keeps resizing to the image.

Inspiring
May 23, 2023

Not a solution for me. I always have the application frame off so I can see and interact with my desktop.

GiovanniJubert
Participating Frequently
May 23, 2023

Photoshop >> Window >> Application Frame

Inspiring
May 23, 2023

It's still only half fixed after many years.  When the application frame is off and my documents are grouped in a window, it used to be that the user could set the size of the window and the window would stay put.  At the moment (version 24 in 2023) each document saves it's own size, so it's a bit jarring changing tabs when documents are grouped in a window because the window jumps between different sizes.  I'm still fighting this UI every day, constantly resizing the window when I change documents.

GiovanniJubert
Participating Frequently
May 23, 2023

what is the correct answer?