Why is the area around my document black?

[vinny dellay]

HellO!

I was screwing around with the "performance " area in the Preferences (trying to get Photoshop to run a little faster).  I accidentally did something so now, the area outsid eof any document I open is black/.  It's a difficult thing to describe so I'm attaching two photos.

The first shows the area that has suddenly gone black (this is true regardless of which documant I open).  The second image is just a shot of my current "performance" settings.

Anyone have a suggestion on how i can get it back to the way it was (i bhelieve that area used to be white or light gray..)

[Myra Ferguson]

It looks like you're in Full Screen Mode. You can change it back by going to View > Screen Mode > Standard Screen Mode or by pressing F until you get back to the Standard Screen Mode.

[Conrad_C · Accepted solution]

Right-click the area outside the canvas, and see if it somehow got set to Black instead of Default or whatever surround color you prefer.

 

[vinny dellay]

Thank you!  Clicking in that black area and then setting it to default did the trick.  I appreciate you!