Changing Screen Modes Quirk

This issue comes up randomly and I can't really troubleshoot it enough to find a pattern.
When I open a document and hit "f" to change screen modes, sometimes the nextscreen mode (not full screen - it's the one where your canvas extends to the full dimensions of the application window) doesn't dipsplay the menus at the top (nor any panels for that matter) here is a screen shot of the first screen mode (default)
then when I press "f" the first time, I sometimes get this
the next screen mode appears to be as it should, but I can't figure out whether this could be a graphics driver issue, a preferences issue (that needs to be reset), a problem internally (Photoshop versus RAM), etc. This seems to happen when I'm working on large file sizes (100MB+), but like I said - it's all a little random. In the past I've reset preferences, made sure my graphics drivers were updated - all that I know to try.
What else could be the problem? Rebooting Photoshop fixes it 20% of the time (or less), sometimes I can "log off" and that fixes it, but mainly I have to reboot.

Bottom line is this: It is WAY too complicated a problem to answer simply. It's a lot like "Ford" vs. "Chevy".
Generally speaking, I'm seeing fewer bad reports from ATI users, but that doesn't mean individual cards are all better.
People on this forum report, for example, that they sometimes cannot get Photoshop's OpenGL to work with an ATI 5670, and that the expensive nVidia Quadro cards are causing more problems with Photoshop than the reasonably priced "gamer" models.
Right now, today, considering the last year's worth of experience, it appears that ATI is releasing better drivers, particularly for several year old models, than nVidia is. Will that keep up? Who can say.
Might be a good idea to pick a specific model you like then just ask whether folks are already using it with good results.
FYI, in the grand scheme of things Photoshop doesn't demand all that much from the video card, so even inexpensive cards CAN work well with it. Whether they actually DO on any given day with any given model, well, that's what's hard to nail down.
-Noel

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Thanks for the tips. Right-clicking is a nice one, since it depends where you click and there is no intuitive guidance on that. I do not think that this can be viewed as purely a documentation issue. It is a design issue: if there is an option to change screen modes, it should be included in the View menu, just like it was done in Photoshop. That is the obvious location where you would go look for it. And even in Full Screen Mode, using the Alt key brings up the menus, so there is an easy escape without having to consult the help files or forums to found out hidden tricks. As technical authors, we should not accept the blame when it is shoved on our plates by user interface designers who obviously made a mistake here. Yes, it should also have been included in the documentation but that is not the only action that should be taken.
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