6 Replies Latest reply: Aug 9, 2013 9:01 PM by thanser RSS

    Minimize PS AND the Open File

    thanser Community Member

      I don't really care for "tabs." I'm used to having open files placed randomly within PS.

       

      So I uncheck this feature in preferences. 

       

      BUT, this means when you hide/minimize PS, the open file remains visible.  Is there no way to minimize open files at the same time as PS?

       

      Thanks.

        • 1. Re: Minimize PS AND the Open File
          JJMack Community Member

          Do you mean documents in Floating windows when you write "Open Files"?

          • 2. Re: Minimize PS AND the Open File
            station_two Community Member

            thanser wrote:

             

            …this means when you hide/minimize PS, the open file remains visible…

             

             

            Hehehe…  you must be on Windows.     That's just impossible on a Mac.

             

            As a matter of fact, you can only minimize the floating window on a Mac, not the Ps application.

            • 3. Re: Minimize PS AND the Open File
              thanser Community Member

              Not Windows, no.

               

              This is Mac OS X 10.8.2. I've been using PS for 15 years and I can't remember it doing this until I started using CS6.  I don't care for "tabbed" files, so I uncheck that in preferences. 

               

              Let's say you have a file open, floating in the PS workspace.  Hit the yellow minimize button (or double-click the title bar) to minimize or hide, and the file remains there.  Seems strange.

               

              Doesn't minimize mean EVERYTHING?

               

              It does it on my MBP, also. 

               

              Is there a setting somewhere I'm missing?  I have to hit minimize TWICE to see what's behind PS.

               

              Thanks!

              • 4. Re: Minimize PS AND the Open File
                station_two Community Member

                Make sure you don't have the confounded "Application Frame" checked in the Window menu of Photoshop.  It's on by default in CS6, and it makes your Mac behave like a Windows box in this regard.

                 

                ApplicationFrame_menuitem.png

                • 5. Re: Minimize PS AND the Open File
                  station_two Community Member

                  Also, use the F key repeatedly to cycle through the screen modes to make sure you are on "Standard Screen Mode".

                  • 6. Re: Minimize PS AND the Open File
                    thanser Community Member

                    Fixed it.  Props go out to Station Two.

                     

                    I guess I can't even remember what CS5 looked like - you get used to the UI after a short while but it was driving me crazy to have to minimize both PS and the open file.

                     

                    And for your exclusively Mac snobs out there, I use both platforms HAPPILY. 

                     

                    Some stuff I do just on a Mac, and web graphics I tend to do on a Windows 7 machine. When you're contracting a lot, you don't always get a choice of platforms.

                     

                    Thanks, everyone.