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BenM71 Author

Level 1

14 points

Adobe CS 6 dialogue boxes opening off screen

Hi all. Since upgrading to Yosemite 10.2 all my dialogue boxes in CS6 (InDesign, Photoshop, etc) now open with the top half disappearing off the top of the screen (see image). I'm working on a dual monitor setup, and the problem is with my larger, second monitor. REALLY annoying, as most of the functionality is now lost since I can't drag the box back into view. Is anyone else getting this, and / or got any solutions? Thanks in advance.

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Jan 29, 2015 2:31 AM

35 replies

JimmyCMPIT

Level 7

29,258 points

May 6, 2015 5:20 AM in response to AWorthyCause

those of you with dual monitors: Without going through 3 pages of responses did anyone enable (or disable as I've gone back to 1 monitor and forgotten what it was) "Displays have separate Spaces" already?

>System Preferences>Mission Control

JimmyCMPIT

Level 7

29,258 points

May 6, 2015 5:52 AM in response to JimmyCMPIT

[edit]

Displays have separate Spaces

should be ticked OFF

then log out and log back in.

May 6, 2015 8:04 AM in response to JimmyCMPIT

No! My settings are selected at

Group windows by application

Dashboard: As Space

The 10.10.3 update instantly corrected me problems. About a week and half later Adobe also released a creative cloud update. But I didn't notice any change to the software since the OS update appeared to have fixed my issues

timwux

Level 1

4 points

Jun 3, 2016 2:24 PM in response to meghtrish

This clever fix worked for me. Been at this for 20+ years and thought I knew all the tricks in the book (don't we all?), but this one was bugging me to no end.

My version of the solution:

Since I have two displays, I swapped their "physical" position in the Displays System Preferences, returned to CC and used the Reset Workspace X (my meticulously arranged screen setup). They offscreen palette was returned to a "grab-able" position. I then returned the screen positions back to their original position in Sys Prefs, reset the workspace again, and now my Glyphs palette is onscreen and life is wonderful.

It's the simple things.

Sep 9, 2016 6:30 AM in response to meghtrish

This solution does not work (moving the screens around).

The following DOES work (thanks Pnutz!)

pnutzJan 30, 2015 2:06 AM in response to BenM71

Level 1 (8 points)

Windows Software

Jan 30, 2015 2:06 AM Re: Adobe CS 6 dialogue boxes opening off screenin response to BenM71

Ditto, happens in all CC applications except Acrobat for me. Clicking the green resize button takes the document window to the full resolution of the monitor, with the top of the window behind the OS menu bar, hiding the traffic lights etc. It appears to be only dialog boxes with the green resize button, the print and page setup boxes are unaffected.

The only solution I’ve found so far is to change the resolution of the offending monitor to a new setting and back again. This seems to work until the Applications is quit and relaunched. Changing the Application Frame view sometimes resets the window to my MBP screen where I can see the whole dialog box.

Adobe CS 6 dialogue boxes opening off screen