Photoshop workspace disappears, leaves only menu bar.

[pinv]

Hi there,

sometimes when I switch  apps, the Photoshop workspace seems to become invisible. Nothing is there: no toolbox, no menus, no file window. Only the top menubar shows that Photoshop is in foreground.

• Popup menus work just fine - e.g. I can go to Preferences or start a new document, and then the popup window will appear. After I click "OK" and the popup window closes, nothing shows.
• Hard to say if switching between workspaces does anything at all, since everything has gone.
• Opening additional documents puts them at the bottom of the "Window" menu, but nothing shows when I switch between them.
• Quitting and restarting Photoshop puts everything back again.
• On an iMac 21.5-inch, bug been around since OSX Sierra

Anyone else has this bug?

I'm not sure if these two are related in any way, but I've been having trouble quitting Bridge as well when the app was hidden and then put back in foreground.

Thanks for any feedback,

Tom

[Mohit Goyal · Accepted solution]

Hi TomVanDamme,

You may try and reset the Photoshop preferences back to defaults and check if that helps.

Refer: Preferences in Photoshop

Also, there's a new version of Photoshop is live now " Photoshop CC" You can update it via creative cloud desktop app.

Regards,

Mohit

[pinv]

Hello Mohit,

thanks for the reply.

Resetting the preferences usually is my first go-to solution when things get strange, but it didn't change anything this time.

I've installed the update yesterday - and so far so good

Hope it stays that way.

Thanks,

Tom

[denbykev]

I have been having the same issue - but only recently. Not happened on 2018 yet though…

[Mohit Goyal]

Great, I am glad its fixed for you after the newer update.

Thanks for the feedback.

Regards,

Mohit