I need width x height in the toolbar

[Wildcat500]

I am working on Windows 11 with 32 gb of RAM.  I'm using the latest in Photoshop (24.4.1).  I would like to see the width x height show up in my toolbar, but it doesn't.  Yes, I could see it in Image > Image Size, but it is easier to size the print.

[thejanebradbury · Accepted solution]

You can always see it at the bottom of the window, after the Zoom figure. If you don't see it, click the little arrow and choose Document Dimensions from the list. The x width is always first. 

[Wildcat500]

Thank you.

[Conrad_C]

There are two more alternatives, depending on how you like to arrange your workspace.

Document Dimensions is also in the Info panel, if you enable it by choosing Panel Options from the Info panel menu.

Canvas W and H is the first readout in the Properties panel when no layers are selected.

If you want document dimensions to always be visible no matter which panels are open or what’s selected, then the status bar at the bottom is still the best and most compact place to show it.

[Wildcat500]

Thank you. This is more what I wanted. But I'm just a little bit
confused. You've got the Document Dimensions and the Panel Option in
capitals, but I don't see those words on any menu. Do I go Edit >
Preferences and then what?

David Rich

[Conrad_C]

The panel menus are not really obvious to most people, so it’s not your fault. Most panels have a menu in the top right corner that has its own commands, which are sometimes not in the main menu bar. First make sure the Info panel is open (Window > Info). Then click to open the panel menu for the Info panel (circled), and choose Panel Options. When the Panel Options dialog box opens, you can enable the display of Document Dimensions and anything else it offers that you want to monitor.

[Wildcat500]

Thank you very much! I followed your instructions, and I see what you
mean. But I would like the W x H on the toolbar. Did Adobe take that
off? I only need it occasionally which is why I am surprised that it
wasn't there when I needed it.

David Rich

[Conrad_C]

I don’t think it was removed, if you are talking about the options bar (Window > Options), because I don’t think document dimensions were ever there. Because, the thing about the options bar is that it is designed to show options for the currently selected tool*, not the entire document. Because the options bar doesn’t represent the entire document, document dimensions don’t really belong there.

For some tools, the options bar shows W and H for the currently selected layer or shape/path, when Edit > Free Transform is active. Maybe that’s where you remember seeing dimensions up there. I use that a lot.

Another time that you can see dimensions up there is if the document is set up with one or more artboards and the Artboard tool is active. Then the options bar for the Artboard tool shows the dimensions of the current artboard. But an artboard is typically not the entire document, because there can be multiple artboards.

*The reason I’m being specific about toolbar vs options bar is that the actual toolbar, or Tools panel (Window > Tools), is the narrow vertical panel down the side with the tools in it.