How do I get new open documents not to 'join with' documents already open?

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June 30, 2023
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Still trying to bring Photoshop back to normal after having to do a new install... Now, a new annoyance, every time I open a document it 'joins with' documents already open. I want to leave documents already open in place on the computer screen but this behavior is moving things around so I have to re-arrange every time I open a new document. How do I get a new document to simpy open and not attach itself to images already open? I'm afraid to experiment with settings as I know very well I will create a bigger mess than I'm already in. Thanks for help you that know how to handle these things.

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Correct answer Per Berntsen

To set Photoshop to always open documents in floating windows, go to Preferences > Workspace, and uncheck Open documents as Tabs. Then restart Photoshop.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

I am not entirely sure what you mean, but I am going to hazzard a guess it is to do with Window > Arrange. It might be that you float windows, in which case opening a new document will cause it to be tabbed to the active document window like this. You should be able to get back to your preferred arangment from Menu > Window > Arrange

If not, show us a screen shot of your workspace to help us understand.

Ken NielsenAuthor

Legend

Will 'float in window' keep items that are opened independent and away from each other?

Ken NielsenAuthor

Legend

To set Photoshop to always open documents in floating windows, go to Preferences > Workspace, and uncheck Open documents as Tabs. Then restart Photoshop.

Bravo Per and thank you. I'm not at my computer right now but I believe this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks to everyone for replying. I have a camera that is able to save all settings to a file that can be saved on a memory card. Should the camera need to be restored and all settings lost then hours, days of work can be restored by loading that saved file. Because I am in such a situation right now, is there a way to save all settings in Photoshop so the program can be restored to user settings in a similar fashion. That ability would be quite valuable.

Semaphoric

Community Expert

What are your settings in Window > Arrange?

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