P: When launching Photoshop it recurringly takes focus from another application/task (Windows)

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

When I open PhotoShop, it takes my computer a moment or two to open it (most of my PSDs are at least 2GB big), so I switch back to my browser to keep working, but every time there is an alert, or popup, or question, or it simply successfully opens the PSD, PhotoShop forces itself to the front, interrupting what I was doing in another window.
It can be very frustrating, especially since I am more often than not in the middle of doing something.
And I wish it was as simple as Alt+Tab-ing back to my window, but sometimes it just forces its way to the front again!
I don't suppose this is a feature that can be taken off/switched off?

[ShaneRoney]

The key to that answer is "could". 🙂 They also "could" decide to give the program away for free, but that's about as likely.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Agree, very weird. I have been using the latest master suite for years. This is really affecting my workflow.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Still a very active and very workflow-disturbing issue!! Adobe, please listen to your users. Come on...

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

A quick, reproducible method of testing this:

1) Open notepad and place it on your secondary monitor
2) Open Photoshop
3) Place focus in notepad and start typing
4) Photoshop will steal focus while typing, click back into notepad
5) Repeat step 4 a few more times

[ClaytonKing]

Same problem here, with same issues. And the more filters/fonts/panels you have in your workspace, the worse the problem. So much so that if you interrupt the "load" process of PS, sometimes the New screen comes up and sometimes it doesn't. So you're not sure if you're still waiting or if there's a malfunction.

While PS CCXXX has some fun capabilities, I'm running both CS3 and CC2017. CS3 loads in literally 12 seconds on the same system where CC2017 takes approx. 1 minute.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Now, that Adobe had a one year look into this issue. Is it being worked on? Or are you still only looking?

[Hannah Nicollet]

This is fixed in the current version, available for download this morning.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I noticed! I do feel like it did take focus at least once when I first opened after going to another window, but after that, it was good! Maybe it was just a one-off...

[Hannah Nicollet]

Thanks for the feedback. If you notice it continue please let us know!

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

1 fricking year!!! Great job 🙂 🙂 🙂

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Thank you!

[Garconis]

This is seriously the best part of the update.

[Aurica_Crudu]

It's great! At last Photoshop starts silently! Awesome.

[ClaytonKing]

Better, but still steals focus at least once. I’m playing with starting it minimized to see if that makes a difference.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

No, it's not fixed Adobe! Simply set your images not to open as tabs and run Scripts--Image Processor on a batch and see what happens.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Much better than it was, but still seems to steal focus when the program is ready to use.  I would prefer for it to remain in the background until I manually go back to it.

[richarde51084430]

Expected: Open photoshop and I can keep working / coding while it loads.

Actual: Open photoshop and when I alt tab back to my code editor, photoshop steals focus 5 times while I alt tab back to my other work.

Result: I'm feeling agitated. Every time. Several times every day. It makes me want to stop paying for photoshop.

[Andreas Jansson]

This has been corrected in the last version of Photoshop. You probably need to update (there is an official reply above).

[photopirat.de]

For me, this issue hasnt been fixed. PS still takes focus (1x) on loading. Still annoying. I'm using the latest version (updated yesterday). 

[Pin_Drop]

I can confirm (as many others already did) that the latest Version still steals the focus once. Please fix this. (And please don't let this linger for one year again.)

[Pin_Drop]

Hannah, as others already said, Photoshop still steals focus once. Please fix this and please don't let it linger for another year. Thank you.

[Andreas Jansson]

Well, that is not what I would call recurringly taking focus. One time is not "recurring".  And for me it's not even doing that, unless you count the splash screen, which is a very common thing for programs to have. Then, when all is loaded, Photoshop just flashes in the taskbar, without taking focus.

[photopirat.de]

Sure its recurring. Everytime you start PS. 😉 The Splash-Screen is ok, but after PS shall stay in the background. 
I have to admit, with the new version stealing focus has become less annoying. But the issue still persists. 

[Andreas Jansson]

Well, after the splash screen, Photoshop stays in the background for me, so obviously there must be something different between our setups. I've got Win7 32 bit. Windows Performance Options are set to "Adjust for best performance". Photoshop is version 19.0.1.29687 (according to the details of the file properties).
When does Photoshop steal focus for you now? Is it when it's done (that's when it's just flashing in the taskbar for me).

[Hannah Nicollet]

@G Image - with regard to the Image Processor: Are you on a Mac? There is a known issue related to Macs with the Image Processor stealing focus that is still under investigation. The workaround is to  "Open Documents As Tabs." 

Preferences > Workspace > Open Documents As Tabs