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irac1213068
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August 27, 2018
Question

Photoshop workspace automatically resizes the workspace window when opening files

  • August 27, 2018
  • 12 replies
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Hello All,

I am having an issue with the workspace/interface. I recently upgraded to v19.1.6 last week, and I have been experiencing that whenever I open a file to work on the workspace window will automatically resize from a full screen to a smaller size. It is becoming very frustrating because there are, seemingly, no options to stop or prevent this from happening every time I open a file. It whether or not if there are other tabs open.

(I am working on a Dual Screen setup, iMac Pro 2017 OS v10.13.6, and PS CC 2018 v19.1.6)

Thank you

Ira

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      tonyc45357452
      Participating Frequently
      March 8, 2024

      Broken in 2024 (25.5.1)

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        smallrock
        Participating Frequently
        March 31, 2024

        Yep, the problem is back again. Photoshop (and Adobe) in general sucks. Every time they release something they give us "new" features that we don't care about, and they break (again) what already exists. Too bad there isn't anything else we can move too if we want the functionality. It's a monopoly, and they listent to ABSOLUTELY NO ONE.

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          _æmilio_
          Participating Frequently
          December 20, 2021

          Latest Photoshop update (2022) fixed this annoying behaviour!

          Thanks Adobe!

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            josephb1683937
            Participant
            June 29, 2022

            i'm still having the same problem and my photoshop is up to date.

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              caprism
              Participant
              November 23, 2022

              I just updated it to 2023 and it turned into a new problem for me...

               

              Turning on Window > Application Frame fixed this for me... 🙂

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                _æmilio_
                Participating Frequently
                January 21, 2021

                Same here.

                 

                Photoshop resizes the window (even when tabs are present) to the size of the last document opened.
                Can we please have an option to disable this behaviour?

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                  Sara Essex Bradley
                  Participating Frequently
                  January 21, 2021

                  this worked for me, from a previous reply to my original question:

                  Turning on Window > Application Frame resolved this issue for me

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                    _æmilio_
                    Participating Frequently
                    January 21, 2021

                    Thanks Sara, I know. But I don't want to use the application frame.

                    I want to use the windows normally (as it as always been the case) and not have them to resize every time a new file is opened. This was the behaviour of Photoshop up to a few versions ago.

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                      Sara Essex Bradley
                      Participating Frequently
                      July 23, 2020

                      Please Adobe fix this! It seriously slows down my workflow!

                       

                        Bella Vista
                        Bella Vista
                        Participant
                        July 23, 2020

                        Oh, I am getting this problem @@

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                        Ganna P.
                        Participant
                        July 23, 2020

                        Same issue on PS 21.2.1 on Mac. If I open an image 2x2 points all my previously opened windows collapse to 2x2 points. Any fixes?

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                        crashnc
                        Participant
                        July 12, 2020

                        This issue/bug just started on my computer (Mac 10.15.4, PS 21.2) and I have checked/unchecked almost every single preference trying to get rid of it. It's apparently not version-specific since the first post is from over a year ago. The only option I've found that works to eliminate it is to uncheck Tools > Workspace >  Open documents as Tabs. Not desirable to have every document in their own window, but it's better than having the workspace automatically resized every time I open a new file. As Dustin mentioned, if you turn off Window > Application Frame, it also doesn't happen, but that's an annoying way to work in Photoshop.

                          Jeff Arola
                          Community Expert
                          Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
                          Community Expert
                          December 20, 2019

                          I submitted a post over here about the issue where adobe wants us to post about what we as users see as a bug or change that we wish report about. Feel free to leave your comments as well.

                           

                          https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/ffhjfghfgh?topic-reply-list%5Bsettings%5D%5Bfilter_by%5D=all

                           

                           

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                          Sara Essex Bradley
                          Participating Frequently
                          June 1, 2020
                          I'm researching this later than this thread. Did this issue get solved? driving me nuts. thanks.
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                          ATF
                          Participant
                          September 6, 2020

                          Turning on Window > Application Frame resolved this issue for me

                            seanb69680856
                            seanb69680856
                            Participant
                            November 26, 2018

                            I'm having this problem too, and it's really infuriating and dramatically affects my workflow. Not only does the window resize to any image that gets opened, it also resizes when I zoom in or out, and the option to change that no longer exists in the preferences. Please, Adobe, do something about this.

                              brycem71626740
                              brycem71626740
                              Participant
                              December 20, 2019

                              As far as I can tell, the widow resize on open is infuriatingly still there.  However, the window resize on zoom in and out preference has been moved to Preferences > Tools pane  ...just un-check "Zoom Resizes Windows" (it used to be on the General pane).

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                                Can of Creative
                                Participating Frequently
                                December 16, 2021

                                That solved it for me! Thank you.

                                 

                                 

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                                DustinWStout
                                Participant
                                November 7, 2018

                                This is a SUPER annoying issue, and the previous two replies do not solve it. There is simply no setting which would prevent window resizing when a new file/tab/project is opened in a current window.

                                Please fix!

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                                  davideverywherebrand
                                  Participating Frequently
                                  March 19, 2021

                                  I agree - the window resize default thing is the stupiest thing ever created in Photoshop. just stupid.

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