2 Replies Latest reply: Apr 3, 2012 7:27 AM by Noel Carboni RSS

    Maximizing a floating document window makes the entire UI inaccessible

    AdamZ1977 Community Member

      On Windows 7, with Photoshop CS6, if you drag a document tab out of the main application window, it becomes a floating document with its own window controls for minimize, maximize, and close just like a normal Windows OS document should.  However, if you click the maximize window button, instead of maximizing within the primary application window like document windows are supposed to... the Photoshop document window expands to the full screen and covers up all user interface elements of the primary Photoshop application window.  This makes all user interface elements completely inaccessible.  Pressing the tab key will not show your tools like you'd expect, though shortcut keys still work. 

       

      The only way to get the user interface back is to restore the document window to a smaller size.  If this is a feature, what would it be used for?  Why do document windows in CS6 need to behave differently from the normal behavior of application and document windows on the Windows operating system?