2 Replies Latest reply: Oct 18, 2013 11:22 AM by Robert Eckerlin RSS

    V12: Often the Focus does not change back to Organizer

    Robert Eckerlin Community Member

      With V12, often after closing in the Editor the last open image/foto that had been transfered from the Organizer to the Editor, the focus does not change automatically back to the Organizer (in other words PSE does not switch automatically back from showing the window of the Editor to showing the window of the Organizer). This is a nuisance, because even though there is nothing more interesting to see/show in the window of the Editor, it is me (=the PSE-user) who must then explicitely switch to the window of the Organizer in order to continue my work. 

       

      I noticed, that this happens on my PC when using in the Editor the option  (Window-->Images) "Float All Windows". is that "normal"?. 

       

      I do not remember to have seen that when using the option "Consoldiate All to Tabs".

       

      Also strangely, once I switched to "Consolidate All to Tabs", the setting of that option is not persistent (it reverts over and over again to "Float all Windows" (even though "Layout" (n the bottom horizontal row of the Editor) suggest, that this is the "default"). Is that "normal"? 

        • 1. Re: V12: Often the Focus does not change back to Organizer
          nealeh Community Member

          Robert Eckerlin wrote:


          Also strangely, once I switched to "Consolidate All to Tabs", the setting of that option is not persistent (it reverts over and over again to "Float all Windows" (even though "Layout" (n the bottom horizontal row of the Editor) suggest, that this is the "default"). Is that "normal"? 

           

          Yes that's normal. You can completely turn off 'floating' in Edit> Preferences> General if you don't like it. But then you'll need to use Window> Images> Tile if you want to see more than one image at a time in your workspace.

           

          Cheers,
          --
          Neale
          Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children

          • 2. Re: V12: Often the Focus does not change back to Organizer
            Robert Eckerlin Community Member

            nealeh schrieb:

             

            Robert Eckerlin wrote:


            Also strangely, once I switched to "Consolidate All to Tabs", the setting of that option is not persistent (it reverts over and over again to "Float all Windows" (even though "Layout" (n the bottom horizontal row of the Editor) suggest, that this is the "default"). Is that "normal"? 

             

            Yes that's normal. You can completely turn off 'floating' in Edit> Preferences> General if you don't like it.....
            Neale

            1) Neale, Thank You very much for your answer. Its good to have learned, that the reason of that strange behavior is not something that i did wrong.

             

            2) But it is really quite a strange behavior, that should in principle get fixed in the next PSE version - unless somebody else sees a good reason for not changing it.

             

            3) Also, I believe that the fact, that the focus does not change automatically back to the Organizer (when the last image that was open in the Editor gets closed) should get fixed in the next PSE Version.

             

            4) Thank You very much for the hint to turn off "floating" in the preferences of the Editor. This hint has been useful to me.

             

            I should hoewever say, that once item 3) above will be fixed (in V13?), myself will  prefer the "Float All in Windows Option" (because the X-icon located at the left upper corner of the Window that I "click on* to close the Editing is always located at the same place: in the right upper corner. I do not need to search visually for the slightly highligted entry  in the consoldiated Tabs.).

             

            But of course, I can live well without a Fix for item 3) above. I will just  use turn off, as you recommend, the floating option in Preferences.

             

            Thanks again