Window Management Behavior in CS3

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Jim_Gasperini1
Jun 8, 2007
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I am finding strange windowing behavior in PS CS3.

In CS2 in XP, open document windows were independent of the main PS window. They floated above (when PS is not in full-screen mode) and I could easily move them across to another monitor and back again.

Now in CS3, a document will open outside of the main PS window. If I try to move it to float above the PS window, it seems to but up against the window edge, as if that is a barrier, unless I moved it very rapidly. If I ram in across the edge barrier, it appears *inside* the PS window. If it happens to be larger than the PS window, I can’t scroll all the way down or across.

This is all very awkward and unexpected. I imagine somewhere there is a setting where I can make PS CS3 behave as I am used to in CS2. I have looked everywhere I can think of, though–Preferences, the Window and View menus, Help under various topics–and cannot find it.

Pointers would be appreciated.
–Jim

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dave_milbut
Jun 8, 2007
once it’s 1/2 way across it works, in or out of the app. annoying, i know.
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Wolf_Eilers
Jun 8, 2007
This is all very awkward and unexpected. I imagine somewhere there is a setting where I can make PS CS3 behave as I am used to in CS2.

No such setting. This new behaviour is a consequence of the new CS3 UI and was extensively discussed during the public beta. There was also a detailed writeup in the Adobe Blogs site.

I agree that the behaviour in CS2 was preferable — we just have to "learn and love" the CS3 way.

Pointers would be appreciated.

Send Adobe a Feature Request:

<http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform>

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