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Generate Fill toolbar location is irritating

Explorer ,
Sep 19, 2023 Sep 19, 2023

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All images in Photoshop now have the Generative Fill toolbar floating across the bottom and it gets in the way. It's not possible to dock that toolbar anywhere in the UX and while there's an option to "pin it" to a location, that toolbar location is pinned for only for a specific image.  If you are working on multiple images and select a different open image, the Generative Fill toolbar jumps back to floating over that newly selected image. 

IT'S ALWAYS IN THE WAY and covering up the bottoms of my images! 

I assume most folks (like me) are not using Generative Fill with each and every image, so I'd rather that the toolbar behave like the other tool sets and options (eg. having it across the top of the screen or as a docking panel on the side).   

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Community Expert ,
Sep 19, 2023 Sep 19, 2023

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Just disable it.

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Community Expert ,
Sep 19, 2023 Sep 19, 2023

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To show or hide the Contextual Task Bar  select “Window| Contextual Task Bar” from the Menu Bar to toggle its display on or off.


.....Suzanne Mathia

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Community Expert ,
Sep 19, 2023 Sep 19, 2023

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...or click the three dots and "hide".

 

(sorry, I seem to have posted before I was finished 🙂 )

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Explorer ,
Sep 19, 2023 Sep 19, 2023

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It would still be nicer if that toolbar were dockable or appear as a contextual option across the top of the screen.  It's goofy that this particular tool doesn't behave like the rest of the Photoshop UI.  And once it's enabled again for one image you're editing, it remains enabled and floating over your other images as well until it's hidden/disabled again -- unlike the other docked and tabbed palettes that remain in place and off to the side once you're done with them. 

(Of course there are a bunch of other tools in Photoshop that don't behave consistently either...but they don't hover over my images continually.)

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Community Expert ,
Sep 19, 2023 Sep 19, 2023

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Jay@Leidos I'm not experiencing the same behavior with 25.0 release. I "docked" mine by pinning it to a dead area of the workspace and it holds even after quitting and relaunching PS until I reposition it. Its not document-based behavior.

For me, this is out of the way and simualtes a docked position until the team can come up with a better solution.

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New Here ,
Mar 29, 2024 Mar 29, 2024

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I agree! I like it open, but let me dock it or close it like the other tools, such as the Layers Panel. I don't need it all the time, but if I do, I'll open it. But if it's buried in a menu list, I will forget it exists.

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New Here ,
Mar 29, 2024 Mar 29, 2024

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I'm in 25.6.0 release, and I have the same issue as author.
I will disable it for now as D Fosse says.

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Explorer ,
Aug 08, 2024 Aug 08, 2024

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Heyyyy bud

I'm not sure if this is a new solution, but it was bugging me too.

I just bring the little toolbar or whatever you call that generative fill box to the bottom of the page, click the 3 dots and choose "Pin Bar Position". It is now always out of the way and easily accessible. Sorry if I answeed something that you didn't ask. 

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