Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels With Pen Not Working

[geminick]

Hi guys!

Since a few months back, something has happened to Photoshops Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels option. I have had it turned on since forever, but now it won't work and I'm finally fed up with having to manually click on them every time I want to switch panels or what have you.

I draw and paint on a Wacom Cintiq and the auto-collapse option works perfectly fine with my mouse - but it doesn't work at all with my pen anymore.

Does this sound familiar to any of you? How can I solve it? Both Photoshop and the Cintiq are up to date driver-wise.

Grateful for any and all advice!

[geminick]

Does no one have a solution for this?

[AimerRhythm · Accepted solution]

Same. I found that disabling Windows Ink works. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nL10xGIA_s for details.

This problem almost drove me mad. Hope it helps.

[geminick]

Oh thank you so, so much, I will try this the next time I'm at my desktop computer!

[geminick]

Hi again!

I did everything mentioned in the video and for a while, it worked great, but recently Photoshop has been acting up - my pen suddenly can't draw, or erase, or something use any tools meant to leave a mark on the canvas (or even the lasso tool!), unless I save my progress, close the file and open it back up again. if I use the pen, it only leaves a little dot at the beginning of the stroke, where I first put the pen down. Is this something you've run into as well?

So now I'm stuck choosing between two problems, where both of them mess up my workflow...

[AimerRhythm]

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately, I have no idea. Mine still seems fine, but maybe it's because I switched most of my workflow from PS to another software called Clip Studio Paint which works perfectly with Windows Ink, and I seldom use PS since then.

From a software engineer's perspective, I would try re-install PS since it seems hard to debug the system according to your description 😞

Best of luck!

[geminick]

I have CSP too, but my current education program sort of prefers PS, so for now I guess I'm stuck with it... But with all of these bugs and issues, I am sorely tempted to abandon ship and move over to CSP permanently.

Thank you. I'm thinking of re-installing since that's all I can do right now. Thanks for replying though, always appreciated. 🙂