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kveld3
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June 23, 2017
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Dialogue Boxes Appear Behind Playback Screen

  • June 23, 2017
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I have seen this posted awhile ago but still have not found a solution and I am hoping something new has arisen to solve this problem since the last time it was discussed.

I have a dual monitor set up on a Windows 10 machine.

The notification area of my Windows task bar is on the left (making this my "first screen" in a sense). Because of my setup in my office, the left monitor is my playback monitor which causes problems. Whenever I open a dialogue box, be it the Export Dialogue Box, or even the Playback Dialogue box, it opens behind my video on the Playback Screen. Because of this, I can't access anything. Anything I try to click on inside of Premiere gives me the "ding" that is is unclickable because I currently have a dialogue box open.

Is there any way to make Premiere show Dialogue Boxes over the main window? What makes it even more frustrating is that when I bring up the dialogue box to turn off the second monitor playback, I can't even turn it off because it is hidden behind the playback video!

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    Correct answer Vidya Sagar

    Hi kveld3

    Sorry for the issue. Are you using a custom workspace? If yes, try with a default workspace.

    Have you tried to move the dialog box to right monitor before initiating playback? try with the preferences dialog box.

    Thanks, 

    Vidya

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    beverlymag
    Participating Frequently
    June 2, 2023

    I have this issue still, Is there a Fix at all coming ADOBE Come on, I am tired of it!! PLEASE FIX THIS!!!!

    D Graham Withers
    D Graham Withers
    Participating Frequently
    September 24, 2019

    I've also had no end of difficulty directing pop-up windows with Premiere.  Currently, setting the "main screen" in windows has addressed some of the issues - most dialogue boxes appear on my "main" screen, but now some dialogue boxes will only appear under my fullscreen 3rd display.  Oddly, "Add Track"s appears on my main window, while "Delete Tracks" will only appear on the monitor directly to the right of it.  Any thoughts?

     

    Mac Pro running Windows 10 through bootcamp

    Adibe Premiere Pro v13.1.4.2

    CJCARNAHAN
    CJCARNAHAN
    Inspiring
    June 9, 2023

    Shift + Right Click program on the task bar -- select "move" then hit enter (or click), then use the arrow keys to drag the dialogue box down to a monitor that does not have fullscreen playback. 

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    beverlymag
    Participating Frequently
    June 12, 2023

    That just doesnt fix it for me. 

    Vidya Sagar
    Adobe Employee
    Vidya SagarCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    June 23, 2017

    Hi kveld3

    Sorry for the issue. Are you using a custom workspace? If yes, try with a default workspace.

    Have you tried to move the dialog box to right monitor before initiating playback? try with the preferences dialog box.

    Thanks, 

    Vidya

    kveld3
    kveld3Author
    Participating Frequently
    June 25, 2017

    Thanks, didn't even think about moving the dialogue boxes before going to full screen on the second monitor. Very easy solution, thanks so much.

    kveld3
    kveld3Author
    Participating Frequently
    July 7, 2017

    Hi kveld3,

    Glad it worked. Please let us know if you have any further issues.

    Thanks,

    Vidya.


    Now the issue has appeared again, this time it seems to again default to the second monitor I use for playback. Even after I moved the Playback Dialogue box to the main screen before going full screen, if I close Premiere and reopen with playback on the second monitor, all dialogue boxes are again behind the video on the playback monitor. Is there no way to force Premiere to open bins and dialogue boxes on the main timeline screen? This way, I have to turn off fullscreen playback on the secondary monitor before I close out of Premiere, or the problem happens all over again.

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