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1. Curt Y,

Jul 2, 2012 6:19 PM in reply to cameraguy5

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On a Mac the default has been set to show Application Pane (not a mac guy so this may not be exact term). Change this and you will see the normal CS window.

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2. cameraguy5,

Jul 2, 2012 6:27 PM in reply to Curt Y

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I'm not sure what you are talking about?

"Change to show application frame"….what is the application frame and how do you change it, and change it to what?

I don't this issue in CS5 and I have changed nothing on my computer.

Thanks,

Don

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3. Curt Y,

Jul 2, 2012 7:53 PM in reply to cameraguy5

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What I was refering to was Windows/application frame on a Mac.

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4. conroy,

Jul 2, 2012 8:02 PM in reply to cameraguy5

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Yes, I see the same CS6 problem on OS X 10.6.8.

On a Mac, you can normally move a window of a background app without leaving the current app by pressing Cmd as you start to manipulate it. In CS6, you have to click the background app's window to activate it, do the repositioning of the window, then reactivate the app which you shouldn't have needed to abandon just to move another app's window.

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5. station_two,

Jul 2, 2012 8:19 PM in reply to cameraguy5

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The only thing that has changed in the Mac version of Photoshop 13 ("CS6") in this regard is that the "Application Frame" is now checked by default, whereas it used to be UNchecked by default in CS5 and CS5.

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6. cameraguy5,

Jul 2, 2012 8:20 PM in reply to conroy

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Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about. In CS5, I didn't have this problem. I hope there is a solution….it's driving me crazy.

Although in Lion, you can just click on the window without having to press Cmd….you just click and move.

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7. cameraguy5,

Jul 2, 2012 8:22 PM in reply to station_two

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My "Application Frame" is unchecked. I still have the problem.

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8. station_two,

Jul 2, 2012 8:23 PM in reply to conroy

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However, clicking on Photoshop window while Photoshop is in the background will bring Photoshop to the front, regardless of the modifier key you may press.

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9. cameraguy5,

Jul 2, 2012 8:25 PM in reply to station_two

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Yes, of course, but that is not the problem I'm talking about.

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10. station_two,

Jul 2, 2012 8:34 PM in reply to cameraguy5

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Sorry, then I have not understood what your problem is.

I repeat: However, clicking on Photoshop window while Photoshop is in the background will bring Photoshop to the front, regardless of the modifier key you may press.

I though that was what you were complaining about. Sorry.

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11. conroy,

Jul 2, 2012 8:36 PM in reply to station_two

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station_two wrote:

However, clicking on Photoshop window while Photoshop is in the background will bring Photoshop to the front, regardless of the modifier key you may press.

Yes, and that is a problem when you don't want Photoshop in front but simply want to move one of its windows while using the current front app.

When using OS X 10.6.8, you should be able to prevent a background app coming to the front by pressing Cmd as you move the background app's window(s). That works fine in CS5.1 but not in CS6.

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12. station_two,

Jul 2, 2012 8:40 PM in reply to conroy

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Yes, conroy2009, you and I are on the same page. That is indeed the new behavior.

Somehow the communication between cameraguy5 and me got garbled.

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13. Noel Carboni,

Jul 3, 2012 7:52 PM in reply to cameraguy5

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I wonder whether people might have clicked on windows in the old version and not had Photoshop come to the foreground, then complained about it...

It's cases like this, where a fundamental change is made in the way an application interacts, that an option should be added that will allow the users to set the application to work each different way. Software designers might have to work a little harder to support both methods. Testers might have to work a little harder to test both methods. That's the price of making more users happy more of the time.

-Noel

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14. conroy,

Jul 4, 2012 3:07 AM in reply to Noel Carboni

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I wonder whether people might have clicked on windows in the old version and not had Photoshop come to the foreground, then complained about it...

No, of course nobody would complain about that.

Clicking on a window obviously should bring the window to the front. The thing that's broken with CS6 is the ability to move a background window without it coming to the front. On a Mac, every window should be movable, without activating, by pressing Cmd as you start to interact with the window. CS5.1 was OK. CS6 breaks this standard Mac usability feature.

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