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Photoshop window does not fit on my laptop screen. How do I resize to the smaller screen?

Community Beginner ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

Photoshop window does not fit on my laptop screen. How do I resize to the smaller screen?

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Community Expert , May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

Photoshop Window Menu > uncheck then recheck Application Frame.

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LEGEND ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

What is your screen resolution?  Does it meet the Photoshop minimum screen size requirements?

Adobe Photoshop CC for Mac, Windows, PC - Tech specs

-Noel

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Community Beginner ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

Noel,

Screen resolution is 1680 x 1050. I was last working in photoshop on my

second monitor and for some reason it died on me (another issue). So when I

open photoshop on my laptop it is sized to fit my larger monitor.

Thanks,

Debra

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LEGEND ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

Can you reach the Workspaces selector at the upper-right?

Can you get to the Window menu?  You could try resetting the Essentials workspace via the Window - Workspace menu.

-Noel

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Community Beginner ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

Noel,

I reset the workspace to essential, doesn't resize the window.

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LEGEND ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

Does your system still think the larger monitor is present?  Maybe you you need a reboot?

-Noel

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Community Beginner ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

I have rebooted, several times. I went into system preferences - displays

to make sure that it is no longer recognized.

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Community Expert ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

If you have a Mac, just toggle the green button in the upper-left hand corner.

Windows: see this article How to Use the Keyboard to Move or Resize a Window that is Too Big for the Screen

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Community Beginner ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

I tried that - still too big.

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Community Expert ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

Mac or PC?

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Community Beginner ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

Mac

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Community Expert ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

Photoshop Window Menu > uncheck then recheck Application Frame.

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Community Beginner ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

Thanks! That worked.

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Community Expert ,
May 05, 2014 May 05, 2014

Remember that one.

Gene

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New Here ,
Apr 16, 2017 Apr 16, 2017

how do you fix the issue for it being to big on a pc screen? it doesnt even show me some of the menus that you cant resize  its so big

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Community Expert ,
Apr 16, 2017 Apr 16, 2017

What is your screen resolution? Two common fixes are to increase the screen resolution in the Window's Control Panel and to decrease the UI Scaling in Edit > Preferences > Interface in Photoshop.

Note that Photoshop requires a minimum resolution of 1024 x 768 (1280 x 800 recommended).

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New Here ,
Apr 16, 2017 Apr 16, 2017

oh my god!! you are amazing Barb!! Its all fixed now! thank you so much!

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Community Expert ,
Apr 16, 2017 Apr 16, 2017

Glad to be able to help, Jack.

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New Here ,
Sep 05, 2016 Sep 05, 2016

Thank you so, so very much! You just solved a problem that had been creating challenges for me! I am so grateful to you!

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 04, 2017 Feb 04, 2017

This has not been answered for me. Here is what worked for me in Photoshop CC

Edit---menus--application menu---click on fit on screen and --fit artboard on screen

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 04, 2017 Feb 04, 2017

Missed out a step  Edit Menus--application menu--scroll down to view--expand it the fit on screen etc

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 20, 2019 Dec 20, 2019

This works on windows 10 maybe on Mac too: Change resolution in the OS and change it back. Resizes the PSCC window to fit the desktop resolution.

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Explorer ,
Aug 24, 2020 Aug 24, 2020

this has been bugging me for years and never knew a simple solution. Thank you!

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New Here ,
Apr 04, 2021 Apr 04, 2021
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thanks so much for the answer "check-off the  Windows > Application Frame"  

Was camping near White Sands. Had tons of great fotos that I, luckily, worked on in Bridge/Raw.  Could not fix the problem 'cause no internet. Had to wait to get home to work on them on my big screen. 

 

This is a typical major problem with a tiny solution.  

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