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Document window green zoom button no longer contains the "+" sign

Community Beginner ,
Feb 09, 2024 Feb 09, 2024

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iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019

Mac OS Sonoma 14.3

Photoshop 25.4

Workspace: Essentials (default). I don’t use the Application Frame.

 

Up until the latest update, the green dot zoom button on the top left of the document window had a “+” sign within it. Clicking on that button would resize the document window to fit the document zoom (%) size.

 

Since the update, the green dot button only contains opposing arrows with the options to enter full screen mode, or tile the window to either the left or right of screen.

 

How do I return the green button to its former state with the “+” sign?

 

Deleting and resetting the preferences settings file hasn't fixed the problem.

 

[Note that the "+" sign only appears on the Home Screen and Application Frame, neither of which I enable].

 

I'd kindly appreciate a recommended fix.

 

Thank you,

 

Bart

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Community Beginner , May 30, 2024 May 30, 2024

In Photoshop 25.3.1 the "+" sign appears inside the green button in the top left corner of the document window, as it has in all previous versions. Clicking on the "+" was a shortcut to fit the document window to the document canvas.

 

In subsequent version updates since 25.3.1 the "+" sign is no longer there by default, but is replaced by an icon (two diagonally opposing arrows) with the options to Enter Full Screen or Tile Window to Left or Right of Screen. I was informed by Adobe Technical Supp

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New Here , Jan 14, 2025 Jan 14, 2025

Hi Bart,
Instead of using the green button, you can double-click on the window's title bar to resize it to the canvas size.
In macOS Sequoia 15.2:
System Preferences > Desktop & Dock > Double-click a window's title bar to > Zoom

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Feb 09, 2024 Feb 09, 2024

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Hi @Bart5 in 25.4 go to Settings/Workspace and check "Enable Native Full Screen".

Photoshop now honors the Mac Full Screen expansion using the green dot but also allows for the options to resize with a right-click.

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Feb 09, 2024 Feb 09, 2024

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Hi Kevin,

 

I'd previously tried with "Enable Native Full Screen" activated to see if it made any difference to the behaviour -it didn't. I've just tried it again, but it also activates the Application Frame by default (not what I want), and it cannot be inactivated, because it's greyed out.

 

Regards,

 

Bart

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Feb 27, 2024 Feb 27, 2024

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Adobe Support instructed me to uninstall Photoshop, and to install version 25.3.1, because I'd re-installed 25.5.0 but the problem persisted.

 

The problem is resolved in the older version.

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In Photoshop 25.3.1 the "+" sign appears inside the green button in the top left corner of the document window, as it has in all previous versions. Clicking on the "+" was a shortcut to fit the document window to the document canvas.

 

In subsequent version updates since 25.3.1 the "+" sign is no longer there by default, but is replaced by an icon (two diagonally opposing arrows) with the options to Enter Full Screen or Tile Window to Left or Right of Screen. I was informed by Adobe Technical Support that the missing "+" was a bug which they'd resolve in future updates.

 

In Photoshop 25.9.0 the "+" sign is still absent by default, but now there's a way to now make it appear...

On a Mac, position the cursor over the green button (a list of 3 options appear), then press and hold down the Option key (a list of 3 new options appear -top of the list is Zoom). Select Zoom and the document window will proceed to fit the canvas size. Problem solved!

 

 

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Jun 10, 2024 Jun 10, 2024

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This is annoying. Now I have to hold down the option key 1 million more times a day than I used to because I use the + feature a lot. More ways to have carpal tunnel.  I prefer using the f key to see full screen, why mess with us this way?

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Hi Bart,
Instead of using the green button, you can double-click on the window's title bar to resize it to the canvas size.
In macOS Sequoia 15.2:
System Preferences > Desktop & Dock > Double-click a window's title bar to > Zoom

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In MacOS Sequoia 15.2 / Photoshop 26.2, hovering over the green dot only presents "Full screen" with the following 3 sub options: 1. Entire Screen, 2. Left of Screen, and 3. Left of Screen.

 

Where holding down the option key whilst hovering over the green dot presented the "+" sign in some of the more recent versions, this no longer works.

 

Thank you Mathieua71481882,

Your instructions resolves the issue once again. So now the change needs to be made at the MacOS level, rather than at the application level.

macOS Sequoia 15.2: System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Double-click a window's title bar to > Zoom

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