Why do full screen windows get chopped off at the bottom edge?

[TypoMan23]

Why when I enlarge and extend a window to occupy the entire screen, does it get cut off at the bottom??

This same thing happens also in InDesign but not Illustrator.

The correct behaviour is for the bottom edge of the window to lock in place and not go "off the screen".
This is driving me nuts...

[jane-e]

@TypoMan23 

Can you show your entire screen with all the panels? You can use the Screenshot application that comes with macOS.

It might that the window is lower than your monitor. One possibility is that the application needs to be resized and or moved upwards, but it's hard to tell with this small snippet. You can resize from any corner, then drag the title bar to move the application higher (if this turns out to be the issue.)

Is your Application frame (Window menu) on or off?

Jane

[TypoMan23]

When I open a file in ID (screenshots), the bottom of the window is fully in place and visible.
But when I go to resize it, and then extend it down to the bottom, it allows the window go "over the edge" and off the screen. 

Why is it doing this? Thank you.

  

[jane-e]

Hi @TypoMan23 

Your window is larger than your monitor.

1. Resize the window from anywhere along the top edge. Use the corners if you need to go in two directions.

2. Drag the title bar upwards until you can see the bottom edge.

Alternatively, go to Window menu > Arrange > Consolidate all Windows. Your window is floating.

You posted to Photoshop, but your question seems to be about InDesign. Let us know so we can move your post.

Jane

[TypoMan23]

Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.

"Your window is larger than your monitor." 
Why is it letting me extend my window past the bottom edge of the monitor? That's what I don't understand.

I never once had this happen on CS3 and I was using the same iMac for the last 7 years. I could always resize windows from the bottom right corner and it would always 'snap' to the bottom edge of the screen, and not cut anything off. Now I have upgraded to CC, it's very weird that the windows get chopped off and extend beyond the edge of my screen.

This behaviour happens in both Photoshop and InDesign - but not Illustrator. 

[jane-e]

@TypoMan23 

You're welcome, TypoMan,

It's happened to me a lot over the years — mostly when I am on a computer that is not my own and it gets hooked up to an overhead projector that has a different resolution. I'm sorry, but I never thought to ask "why". I just fix it and move on.

One way to force it is to move the window down first, then resize it taller from the top, but I don't think that's what you did! Has it been on a second monitor? Maybe another volunteer will chime in with the "why" for you.

Jane

[TypoMan23]

No this behaviour is just on my iMac. There is no second monitor.
All my other applications do not go outside the edge of the iMac's screen, at the bottom edge. They all snap to the bottom of the screen and do not go outside the boundary.
Only CC: InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop has this strange and frustrating behaviour.