Generative Fill -“Reset Bar Position”

[adriant12105070]

I have encountered an issue with the recent addition of Generative Fill which was resolved after working with two Adobe Support people, and having re-installed Photoshop as advised, but to no avail.

When in Photoshop (desktop version), the Contextual Task Bar is displayed.  If the lasso is used to identify an object, the Contextual Task Bar jumps to a point below the selected subject. If one clicks on the three dot option on the Contextual Task Bar, one option is “Reset Bar Position” and the first Adobe person, like myself, could not move the bar by dragging it. The temporary option was to click on the Window option and in the dropdown un-check Contextual Task Bar.

In fact the option “Reset Bar Position” only works after a task is completed, with the reset position automated with no apparent option as to its position.

The more simple option, as the latter Support person and I eventually concluded, would be to change the three dot menu option “Reset Bar Position” to a message indicating that the white vertical bar at the left end of the Contextual Task Bar should be used to drag the task bar to the desired position.This would  be clear and unambiguous. Please see the attached screenshot.

I was advised by Support to publish this issue for Adobe engineers to take note. 

Cheers, 

Adrian T.

[Trevor.Dennis]

The more simple option, as the latter Support person and I eventually concluded, would be to change the three dot menu option “Reset Bar Position” to a message indicating that the white vertical bar at the left end of the Contextual Task Bar should be used to drag the task bar to the desired position.This would  be clear and unambiguous. Please see the attached screenshot.

By @adriant12105070

I am going to add my support to your suggestion.  As a person who uses Photoshop for several hours most days of the week, and has done so since the first Windows version, I found that using the white bar to drag the CTB far from intuitive, and annoying to home in on by trial and error.  Even knowing where to click to drag, moving the CTB is something I do frequently and I would love a bigger target to grab.  It would be nice to be able to hold down a modifier key or shortcut, and be able to drag the CTB without even clicking directly on it. 

Another idea would be to have an option to change the stand off distance with the CTB unpinned.  The default is much too close and it gets in the way of assessing the area you are working on.

I have taken a different approach to making the CTB more user friendly by using F3 to toggle it on and off.  (I strongly believe that Photoshop's defualt Function key shortcuts are wasted.)

[adriant12105070]

Thanks for your support and great suggestions.
Cheers,
Adrian T.

[adriant12105070]

Adobe advised me that a fix is likely. The Generative Fill bar really gets in the way of assessing results as it jumps around.  My workaround, as previously sugested, is to click on the white vertical bar on the Generative Fill bar and drag it out of the way, but I agree, it is totally annoying.

[Tyler27459637chy3]

I would add on to this suggestion and say that I think you should be able to permanently reset the bar position. Resetting the bar position seems like a great fix until you close the app and open something else youre working on and the bar starts boucing around and getting in the way again. There should be a way to pin the task bar and keep it pinned. 

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

@Tyler27459637chy3 there is - pinning the task bar was fixed in version 25.

[Tyler27459637chy3]

@Kevin Stohlmeyer ah yes you're correct. I was missing an essential update. Do you know if they will carry this over to Ai? It appears I have that fully updated and still the bar jumps around. There is a "reset position" option but no "pin". Thanks!

[Trevor.Dennis]

Do you know if they will carry this over to Ai? It appears I have that fully updated and still the bar jumps around. There is a "reset position" option but no "pin". Thanks!

By @Tyler27459637chy3

In Illustrator Reset bar position appears to act like Pin bar position in Photoshop, and it is remembered when yopu reopen the same document after restarting Illustrator.  However it reverts to default when you move to or create a new document.

In Photoshop adding a 'T' to .PSD turns the file into a template, so if you have a favourite document size in Illustrator, I'm guessing that you could create and save it with Reset bar posion enabled, and that it would stick when you use the template.  I think it likely that the feature will either become the default, or there will be an option to make it so in a future update.

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

I've taken a different approach and pinned my Contextual Task bar to a blank area in my Options bar at the top.

This way it's always out of my way in terms of my image, but accessible as if it were an option above.