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tamaram34698130
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February 3, 2017
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Can't move or resize application window

  • February 3, 2017
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My Photoshop application window is too large for my MacBook screen. I had the application open in an external monitor. When I unplugged from the monitor, the application remained so large I am unable to see the minimize/maximize buttons. Nor am I able to drag the application window back over to the external monitor.

I can pull an open window off and drag it to the monitor, but the tool panels don't come with.

Any suggestions?

In another forum, someone suggested holding down alt and clicking the minimize button, but those buttons are hidden behind the mac top toolbar.

    Correct answer gener7

    When the application frame is on, it does not show the green resize button.


    Open a new doc in photoshop. Go to window and uncheck application frame. Resize your floating window small and center it in your window space. Go back to Window and check application frame. move your floating doc to the upper left area but don't let it snap into the application frame. Hold the option key and click the green dot on your floating window. This shifts the application frame to where you can see the three dots. now you can click the green dot on the application frame and then re-size to fit.

    Application Frame too large for screen; no color dots   Message 8

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    James23846097n13i
    New Participant
    October 13, 2023

    The problem STILL exists for v.28 2024 Illustrator and v.25 2024 Photoshop. What is the fix here?? 

     

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      Thomas Dearie
      Known Participant
      April 12, 2018

      The application frame sometimes stops resizing if the Preferences file becomes corrupt.

      Deleting prefs will often eliminate the problem.

      In InDesign this happens sometimes too.

      Restart the app.
      As soon as you've clicked to launch, press and hold:

      Command-shift-control-option (Mac) or

      Control-Shift-Alt (Windows)

      Keep holding the keys down until the splash screen loads and the app asks if you want to delete prefs.
      Say Yes

      Your prefs will revert to default, so you'll have to reassign guide colors, for example, to tone them down.

      Remember:
      In InDesign, Display performance will default to crappy low-res for images. So the first image you import will look like poop until you go:
      View > Display > High-quality display again.
      Those display defaults are a throw-back to when our computers were much slower, and are geared for production not design.

      Hope this helps anyone having the same problem. =: )

      Cheers

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        REPLIKANT
        New Participant
        June 4, 2019

        Thank you! Resetting preferences worked so much better than all the other tips.

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          Darkhorse20
          Participating Frequently
          February 23, 2017

          Thank you, thank you and many more thanks.  This was making me nuts.  I guess when I dragged it into my big monitor, pulling the application frame much bigger, caused this issue somehow.  I love the option of minimizing the entire frame, not just the window.  I also noticed that I got my option bar back as well.  How did you figure this out?

          gener7
          gener7
          Community Expert
          February 23, 2017

          Me? I just have a few stock tricks, then I go to Google. Eventually I come across something providing I am descriptive enough.

          If you want to stay out of this trouble, power down the larger monitor before disconnecting it. That's how I learned.

          Gene

          gener7
          gener7
          Community Expert
          February 4, 2017

          Go to the Window Menu > Application Frame and check it off and on.

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            tamaram34698130Author
            New Participant
            February 6, 2017

            I appreciate your help! If I turn off the application frame I can drag the window over. It's a good work around, but when I turn the application window back on, it still remains frozen in the laptop window.

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            tamaram34698130Author
            New Participant
            February 6, 2017

            If the green resize button is in view on the application frame, click it on and off and the frame should resize to your laptop Window.


            When the application frame is on, it does not show the green resize button.

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