there are problems with both approaches: for keyboard shortcuts to switch documents: -problem is all this does is cycle forwards or backwards through documents. So if you have maybe 15 documents open, and you are on document #1 and you want to see document #9, then you need to press keyboard shortcut 8 times just to get to document you want. What ends up happening is you just keep pressing key until you eventually reach document you want. Now to get back to where you were, you press opposite keyboard shortcut and keep pressing until you get back. This is to cycle, but does not allow for direct selection of document you need. This is problem when a user may be flipping back and forth between many documents for maybe reference purposes, etc. If I want to keep swapping back and forth between the first doucment and the 7th, how do I do so immediately without having to press keys so many times and just wait until I get there? Well, that is where other suggested method comes in. We click tabs at the top of documents. But what if when document is way off to side, so now we must click little arrows and then see little add-on list of remaining documents? again not very intuitive. Because when we select document from list, it disappears. Now when we want to swap back to previous doc, we must again click on little arrow and then find it in the add-on list. And if not this way, then click on 'Window" and select doc from there. Which seems I guess like fastest way to toggle between two documents. Because keyboard shortcut won't allow you to swap back and forth between 2 docs amongst many, and tabs can be cumbersome. With photoshop as far as it has come i am surprise there has not been a documents panel for fast and immediate easy access to swap between your documents. much like any other softwares out there now or days.
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