Dialog boxes pop up on wrong monitor

[Guest]

I have my workspace spread out over two monitors, with a third preview screen on a TV. My timeline and preview monitors are on my center screen with the main title bar, considered the "main" screen by OSX. However, any time a dialog box pops up, it appears on my leftmost monitor. It's a pain, since the majority of my work takes place on the center screen, to constantly have to move back and forth between monitors to address any dialog boxes that pop up to adjust clip speed, export settings, watch preview render progress, cancel auto-saves, etc. Is there any way to change the default position of these dialog boxes? Moving them over when they appear doesn't seem to change anything.

[EALS]

well, in that case, have a nice trip.

[elk2013]

Sorry ... the InDesign logo in the program dock:

[EALS]

Cool! That's great! I will try it. Thks.

[EALS]

@elk2013 it seems to work but there a downside: you can't move the apps across your desktops. 

[elk2013]

I noticed that. I changed it from 'All Desktops' to ‘None’ for now. I guess I won’t know if that works unless it happens again?

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[EALS]

Yeah, I thoght the same. Lets try it.

[EALS]

The "All Desktops" trick doesn't work. Photoshop keeps opening the dialog boxes on the opposite screen. It is impossible Adobe apps can't undertand in which screen your are working on.

[EALS]

Adobe is a nightmare!

[EALS]

So, again: Why does Adobe apps keep opening the dialogue boxes on the wrong display? Is it a kind of 'hide and seek' feature? Am I wrong because I have to displays?

[R Neil Haugen]

Which display does the OS see as the primary display? The one that you have PrPro open on, or the one that the dialog pops up on?

I ask, because PrPro seems designed to pop all dialog boxes on the 'main' display of the computer.

Neil

[EALS]

I have already tried it with on both displays.

The problem seems to be related to the apps memory: If the app was used yesterday on display 1 (it doesn't matter if it is or not the main one), today the app's dialog box will open on display 1 (the last used before closing the app), even if you have already moved the entire app into the display 2. For example: the 1st time you call the 'open dialog"maybe pressing CMD+O, it will open on the last display used. You can move it into the display in use, and maybe it will remain there along the followed calls. But sometimes, the dialog box will keep opening on the last display, as much as the others dialog boxes.

You see?

[R Neil Haugen]

Weird! On my PCs, it always opens on the monitor that is where the main OS window is set.

Neil

[EALS]

So, look the images bellow...

I'm working on Illustrator in the main display. I want to set some dash to my stroke, so I click on stroke, right? But where is the box with the options?

Here...on the 2nd display. Ask me If I can move it out. Now, I can't....

[damon808]

elk2013 is a GENIUS!!!!! I was having problems with my dialog box popping up on a different screen and then I tried his suggestion and IT WORKED!  Thank you! 

[favoxhille]

From my experience what fixes it on Win 10 is checking this option for the monitor where you want diag boxes to pop up and also having the start menu dragged in the same monitor (the one with the search box as this will also make it the main monitor for some of the modals)

[krista-miller-photo]

OH MY GOD THANK YOU @spencers37468686 ! This has been driving me nuts. The Mac system preferences solution worked like a charm. YESSSSSSS.