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Windows sticking to Tools panel

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
December 19, 2017
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Still using Photoshop CS5.1, recently moved it to a new iMac. Recently, Photoshop started a new behavior where, when I move an image's window across my screen, it will snap back to the far left, effectively docking next to the Tools panel. Sometimes, I can move it a little bit, and it might become freely moveable, or it might snap again when I move it again. I've tried restarting Photoshop, restarting my Mac, and changing the Window > Arrange menu options, but nothing seems to work. In twenty years of using Photoshop, I don't think I've ever seen it act like this before. It's very aggravating. Any clues about what's going on, or, even better, how to get it to stop?

Thanks,

Ken

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qbparis

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I have been having the same problem. I think I may have solved it, but who knows. Right now it's working.

Go to: Preferences > Interface > and uncheck > Enable Floating Document Window Docking

Good luck!

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Are you running High Sierra on the new iMac?

Hopefully, you will figure this out, but I do want to point out that when you upgrade your operating system but don't upgrade your applications you can run into very odd behaviors that we may not be able to help you with. CS5.1 was released in 2011, and was developed to be compatible with Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion. High Sierra is Apple's sixth upgrade since Lion was released. There are certainly folks who tell us that they get the old applications running smoothly on a new OS, but others are not as fortunate.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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USAliasAuthor

Inspiring

Yes, Barb, I'm running macOS 10.13.2. I'm aware that CS5 apps are nearing the end of their viability in Apple's upgrade stream, but so far they're all still functional for me. The odd thing is that this behavior did not, so far as I can recall, begin as soon as I moved Photoshop to this new machine. One day, it just started happening, out of the blue.

Omar.Fathy

Community Expert

are you tried to reset your app. ?!

you can make that by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Shift / Cmd+Option+Shift when before opening your photoshop.

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USAliasAuthor

Inspiring

If I do that, and delete my settings, won't I lose anything I've done to customize or personalize my workspace?

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USAliasAuthor

Inspiring

You will not lost any of your customization or custom workspace.
Just it will reset photoshop defaults.

All right, I just restarted using the keyboard command to delete settings, and while my Photoshop has clearly reverted to defaults, the problem persists.

It sometimes seems that the first image I open can be moved freely, but the second or third gets stuck. But I haven't nailed down the details of the behavior yet.

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