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Chitownartistgirl
Chitownartistgirl
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July 14, 2019
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Why isn't the application frame appearing in floating windows in Photoshop 2019

  • July 14, 2019
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When working with multiple floating windows, the application frame is not in each window, it is only in the initial window. When I went to preferences and then unchecked "Open documents as tabs" and "Enable floating documents window docking" and then I created a second document that wasn't a tab, but was floating, it didn't have an applications frame, but the first frame has one. In the 2018 Photoshop version, each floating document had its own application frame. How do I make it so that there is an application frame automatically opening on the top of each floating frame, as it did in the 2018 version?

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Correct answer Conrad_C

When I do that it does not show up under the main headings at the top. It shows up in stead on the frame of the floating image, but not on all floating images just the first one I open.


There's always been just one options bar. It's like the other panels on the Window menu; there's only one Tools panel or Layers panel. You can grab the left edge of the options bar and drag it to another position, but there's still only going to be just one.

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Jeff Arola
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Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
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July 14, 2019

What operating system are you using?

Could you post some screenshots to illustrate?

Chitownartistgirl
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July 14, 2019

I am using Mac Sierra 10.12.6.

Here is a screen shot that shows that the floating window on the left has an application frame on top and the other doesn't. I can't get it to appear on the floating window on the right.

melissapiccone
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July 14, 2019

That's how it works on a Mac - this is normal behavior. The rhino with savanna image is NOT floating - it's in a tab. Floating windows do not and have never had an application frame on the Mac.

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gener7
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gener7Community Expert
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July 14, 2019

By Application Frame, you must mean the MacOS feature where each open file has a title, the red, yellow, and green buttons at the top, scroll bars and zoom levvel at the bottom.  CC 2019/20.0.5 has these for every document window.

If I don't understand post a screenshot.

If not, try a Preferences reset

Chitownartistgirl
ChitownartistgirlAuthor
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July 14, 2019

The "reset preference on quit" command, messed it up even more, now I can't get the application frame on either of the floating windows and instead there is an application frame with its own window but with no image inside...very weird.

Jeff Arola
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Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
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July 14, 2019

The preferences were probably corrupted and needed resetting anyway.

Go to the Photoshop CC>Preferences>Workspace and check Open Documents as Tabs

Then go to Window and uncheck Application Frame

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JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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July 14, 2019

The Application frame is  always present on Windows Mac users can hide I believe the Photoshop application frame. On window I use floating image windows They can float in Photoshop Application window and also On my second display. I have CS3, CS6, CC 2014, CC 2018 and CC 2019 installed. and use floating image windows in all of the.  CS3 does not have Tab edting all it does is floating  image windows

JJMack
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