Moving photoshop onto a dual display

>there are some things which are just quicker using the menu bar. For instance when I have 30 stock photos open that I'm using and i want to change to a specific one.

Reportedly CS4 now has tabs that allow that, a nice new feature.

Hey Moo

Cheers for the response. Yea i still find it annoying all this time on not being able to have the menu bar at the top.

The links A!!an put up are really helpful but unfortunately they aren't exactly what we're looking for.

Shortcut keys are the way forward for me now. Check out the link below for a list of all the shortcuts keys. I printed them off and have them stuck up on the wall next to me.

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/new_media/keyboard_shortcut_cards

Jake

Hey Jake / A!!an

Thanks for the post (Jake) and thanks for your sensible response A!!an. I'm a new convert too - having worked on PC's for 15 years I get a new job where I need to use a Mac.

Needless to say I'm having to look up numerous forums to find 'how to do it on a mac' type questions. I've noticed that Mac users seem to be very touchy when you imply that there may be a 'better' solution on a PC - no logic really, they just get all defensive.

I too am wishing i can move my entire app to my second monitor. The problem is not that I haven't mastered my shortcuts, but that there are some things which are just quicker using the menu bar. For instance when I have 30 stock photos open that I'm using and i want to change to a specific one. Rather than using my Ctrl+Tab to scroll through 1 at a time, I can select the one I want directly. Just 1 example of when the "redundant top menu bar" is anything but redundant.

I'll check out the options you added A!!an.

Thanks again
Moo

Hey Allan

Cheers for the really helpful feedback. Yea i kind of realised after a while that unless you've worked on a PC then you won't really know what i'm on about.

I've tried out that Deja Vu link you sent me and i can see that being really helpful so thanks again for your message.

Jake

Jake Lee,

Having transitioned to an imac in the past week, I know exactly where you are coming from. There are certain conveniences I was accustomed to and 'assumed' that they also existed for Mac's. Hence I was chuckling as I read your post. It's easy to see where the confusion is; what you are asking for simply does not exist in Mac-world, so users with little to no PC experience simply don't have a basis for answering. You are just as likely to get the correct answer from a PC forum (at least they would understand the question, but wonder why this would not be available with Mac's). So it's up to us converts to stick together...

I too have been searching for a solution to this 'problem'. Additionally, I wanted to have a keyboard shortcut to move a window from one monitor to the other -- I use Ultramon on my laptop and it's a fantastic app. I have the Cintiq 12 tablet by Wacom and hate how confirmations always seem to show up on the other side -- Kinda like when you are carrying groceries and need to get your car keys. Inevitably they are always in the pocket on the other side from your free hand.

Anyway, I digress, the answer (for the most part) to your question can be found here
..http://homepage.mac.com/khsu/DejaMenu/DejaMenu.html

I created a shortcut with one of the buttons on my Cintiq to emulate the keyboard shortcut that brings up the DejaMenu (it displays the menubar for the application you are working on). It's not exactly, what you were asking for, but I would give it a 9/10.

Also, incase you are interested, I use MercuryMover as my means of moving a window from one monitor to the other. I setup a configuration whereby I can flip a window around with a series of two keyboard shortcuts. I give it a 6/10 as there really should be a better solution...

While there are a few other things I would still like "fixed", I am very happy with my iMac and would be even without these workarounds.

Cheers,
Allan

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--Hi, are you going to town?

--No, I'm going to town.

-- Ah, OK; I thought you were going to town.

Jake and super Mac guy read post 12

Ok thanks for getting back to me about that SuperMacGuy. Glad i know it's not possible to move the whole thing now. Not the end of the world- just a little frustrating!

Jake

The main menu bar always stays on the MAIN monitor. This also means your OS titlebar, your hard drive icon(s), servers, startup icon, login window, etc are on the #1 monitor. You can change your Main monitor to be a second monitor, but then that means your menu bar of ALL apps goes to that second monitor. That's just how Macs are, so Jake what you are seeking currently is not possible (real time access to both apps and all their menus).