Can't drag windows around using the title bar-CS4
I just upgraded to CS4 at work last week and I'm already regretting it. Firstly, using two monitors, CS4 must like my graphics card becasue as soon as I open a document and it begins to render the window, the main monitor loses it's signal and cuts off. So I have to hard shut down and make my 2nd monitor the main one, open CS4 and a file on that monitor, then make it the 2nd monitor and pass it over to my real first monitor with a file open and make that monitor the main one again. Added to that, randomly, files will open as tabs even though I have the option unchecked in prefs. I hate tabs, I want my windows floating. But I digress.
My current issue is the file windows are not movable using the title bar. I can expand/contract every side grabbing the edge, but clicking, holding and dragging any of the title bar is ineffective. I can drag to tab to undock it, but once floating, the title bar is non-funtional for grabbing. I can also double click on it to tab, just not to drag.
I use a mac at home and thankfully Adobe hasn't forced the edge to edge palette background on that platform. On the mac we get a 'classic view' or something that does away with the desktop blocking grey window background. Seriously, I can't stand the full screen look. Why can't windows have that option to have just the menu bar, palettes and file windows allowing the desktop to be visible? /rant
A new video card is often a good idea if yours is over 2 years old. Even the modern "budget" (e.g., ~$100) cards are hugely powerful nowadays.
This page, I believe, could be a good starting point for everything you want to know:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404898.html
This page, specifically, talks about tested video cards with Photoshop CS4:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405711.html
A similar page for Photoshop CS5:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/831/cpsid_83117.html
-Noel
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RossHi, Ross.
If someone has developed a similar solution for Mac OS X, you are likely to fnd it by searching MacUpdate or Version Tracker. The user-submitted reviews accompanying the listings can be helpful in sorting the wheat from the chaff.
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I haven't tried it myself but perhaps it will help.
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class SynchroMover extends ComponentAdapter{
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private int currentY;
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