photoshop window jumps to the front

[roobzlat]

hello, I am using PS version 20161012.r.53 x64    Lately the open photoshop window will jump in front of any other application that I may be working in. It was not doing this behaviour when I first started using it, I'd say the last 2 weeks. I'm not sure if there have been any updates that may have triggered this. If anyone has a solution by all means share as it is disruptive to work. thanks

[Jeff Arola]

That's photoshop cc 2017?

What operating system are you using?

[roobzlat]

Yes it is 2017, with the latest updates, Mac OS 10.11.6

[Jeff Arola]

I'd try a preference reset

Go to Photoshop CC>Preferences>General, click on Reset Preferences on Quit and then restart photoshop.

[roobzlat]

Thank you R, I just reset the preferences. I will follow up in a few days to report if that worked

[Trevor.Dennis]

roobzlat wrote:

Thank you R, I just reset the preferences. I will follow up in a few days to report if that worked

Have you got the latest update?  It was only just released and has a bunch of bug fixes.

New features summary for the 2017 release of Photoshop CC

[gabrielab27796285]

Hi. Same problem here.

When I open photoshop and I'm in other(s) window(s), the photoshop window comes in front of everything and it is annoying because photoshop is not even ready for use and it does repeatedly until finished loading.

How I can solve this issue?

Thanks

PS CC 2017

[Trevor.Dennis]

gabrielab27796285  wrote

Hi. Same problem here.

When I open photoshop and I'm in other(s) window(s), the photoshop window comes in front of everything and it is annoying because photoshop is not even ready for use and it does repeatedly until finished loading.

How I can solve this issue?

Thanks

PS CC 2017

That behaviour is known and is 'apparently' being looked into.  Hopefully it will be fixed with the next update, because it is certainly annoying.   Search this forum for 'Photoshop steals focus' for lots more posts on the issue. 

[zdrilx]

More than five years later, still a problem it seems, or I couldn't find an option. This is a terrible UX choice from Adobe for some of us who work on batch images or have a process where you like to keep control.

Does anyone know of a preference to stop Photoshop taking the hand whenever it deems so? Same problem when using Lightroom.

Definitely something that will make me consider alternatives simply because it is a continuous source of time loss and errors (e.g. you're typing something in Lightroom and it pops up with a menu where the letter you're typing - if you type fast - corresponds to one of the menu shortcuts...).

Thanks.

[csscms]

After 8 years later, photoshop stealing focus is still a constant frustration.

It seems like this happens whenever Photoshop finishes an operation. e.g.

• You hit save on a large PSD
• You switch to InDesign to keep designing
• After the save ends, Photoshop jumps/moves/switches to the front and steals focus
• It seems to always happen if you're in the finder though

It's constantly in the way after many different versions or Photoshop and MacOS - current setup is...

• Photohsop 25.12.0
• MacOS Ventura 13.6.7

Cheers