photoshop cc 2019 options bar is missing Please help

[Bombelkie]

My option bare just vanished?.. I was working on a photo, then closed Photoshop when I reopened photoshop and the Options panel for the tools was gone.   I have tried to find an answer online and have followed all possible suggestions that I could find, from resetting my default workspace to small screen option. I have tried everything possible. Options are checked on in the windows dropdown menu.

It's selected but doesn't show up at all. I have tried turning it off restarting photoshop and turning it back on and nothing.

Please help. This is very important and time sensitive.

[jane-e · Accepted solution]

Go to the Window menu > Workspace > Essentials, then

Window menu > Workspace > Reset Essentials to reset the workspace.

Is it back?

[Bombelkie]

Thank you SO VERY MUCH!!!! It worked!!!

[jane-e]

Hi

I'm so glad that you are up and running quickly!

Jane

[stamptress1]

Thank you so much! Had the same problem, checked here and had it fixed in a second!!

[danielh42350231]

Thanks, Jane. Same prob. What did I press that caused the tool bar AND the options bar to vanish? Sounds like a confusing function that the Adobe programmers should disable. Daniel in San Antonio.

[gener7]

Possibly the tab key on your keyboard. Press it again to restore.

[danielh42350231]

Thank you. This makes sense -- I was looking at my screen and thought I pressed Caps Lock, but must've hit Tab. I'll remember this next time. It's a royal pain to rebuild the Photoshop workspace the way I prefer. Daniel

[gener7]

Did you know that you can save out a Custom workspace and name it? Then when it gets messed up, you simply Reset it by that name.

Just set up the panels the way you want, then go to Window menu > Workspace > New Workspace...

Gene

[danielh42350231]

This is most helpful. Redocking Layers and History the way I prefer can be a real pain and now I won't have to deal with that. Thank you so much! Daniel

On Thursday, August 1, 2019, 9:06:38 PM CDT, gener7 <forums_noreply@adobe.com> wrote:

photoshop cc 2019 options bar is missing Please help

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Did you know that you can save out a Custom workspace and name it? Then when it gets messed up, you simply Reset it by that name.

Just set up the panels the way you want, then go to Window menu > Workspace > New Workspace...

Gene

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[easyeyes4u]

I tried several saved workspaces, none brought it back... I thought I had done something wrong,... nice to know i had company!

[jane-e]

danielh42350231  wrote

Thanks, Jane. Same prob. What did I press that caused the tool bar AND the options bar to vanish? Sounds like a confusing function that the Adobe programmers should disable. Daniel in San Antonio.

Hi Daniel,

Pressing Tab to hide the panels and display more screen space goes back 30 years to the first version of PageMaker, which used a runtime version of Windows 2.0. You can hover over the edge of a hidden panel to temporarily bring it back and click something in it. I find it especially useful when traveling and working on a 13” laptop, so I hope it is never disabled!

Shift+Tab hides only the top and right panels, not the left.

~ Jane

[danielh42350231]

Pagemaker! I vaguely remember that from the Dark Ages. Thanks for the info. Printed it to put in my reference folder. Daniel

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danielh42350231  wrote

Thanks, Jane. Same prob. What did I press that caused the tool bar AND the options bar to vanish? Sounds like a confusing function that the Adobe programmers should disable. Daniel in San Antonio.

Hi Daniel,

Pressing Tab to hide the panels and display more screen space goes back 30 years to the first version of PageMaker, which used a runtime version of Windows 2.0. You can hover over the edge of a hidden panel to temporarily bring it back and click something in it. I find it especially useful when traveling and working on a 13” laptop, so I hope it is never disabled!

Shift+Tab hides only the top and right panels, not the left.

~ Jane

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[ianm88137645]

I am having the same problem, I cannot see the options bar. I have tried everything including resetting the worspace essentials and it is still not visible. I'm using phototshop CC release 22.0.1.