Member Avatar for seapig

Hello

I have a BIG problem - the menu bar is missing in photoshop CS5 - I have only recently got a imac so i am wondering if there is a shortcut to get it back?

Thank you for reading, hope to hear some advice asap!! Will be greatly appreciated

  • 5 Contributors
  • 6 Replies
  • 4K Views
  • 8 Months Discussion Span
  • Latest Post Latest Post by jfoxru

Dani AI

Generated

It looks like you have toggled Photoshop CS5 into a screen mode that hides the macOS menu bar. On Mac, Photoshop has three screen modes; one of them is full screen without a menu bar. To get back without relying on shortcuts, click and hold the Screen Mode icon at the bottom of the Tools panel (two overlapping boxes) and choose "Standard Screen Mode" or "Full Screen With Menu Bar." If your panels are also gone, go to Window > Workspace > Reset Essentials (or reset the workspace you normally use). As a last resort, quit Photoshop and immediately relaunch while holding Command+Option+Shift, then confirm deleting the Photoshop preferences; this resets screen mode, workspaces, and UI visibility to defaults. Note: this also wipes custom presets, so back them up first (e.g., Actions, Brushes).

For those seeing a similar issue in Dreamweaver CS5 (as jfoxru and serenitty reported), it is usually a profile/workspace corruption rather than a bug or a one-off manual change. Try Window > Workspace > Reset (e.g., "Classic") inside Dreamweaver. If the menu items still do not appear, quit Dreamweaver and rename the configuration folder so the app rebuilds it on next launch: ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5/en_US/Configuration (append _old). If that fixes it, copy back only what you need (Snippets, Site definitions) from the old folder. Creating a fresh macOS user, as jfoxru tested, is a quick way to confirm it is per-user rather than system-wide.

Props to tyronefitz for finding a quick keyboard toggle; the steps above give mouse-driven and reset options if the shortcut does not respond or panels are hidden.

Recommended Answers

All 6 Replies

Member Avatar for jingda

Your menubar is not actually gone, it is just hidden from view, go and unhide it or select it to open again

Member Avatar for jfoxru

Dreamweaver CS5 menu bar is missing. All that shows up is "Dreamweaver". If you select "hide" then the Dreamweaver name goes away. However, if you select unhide, only the name appears, not the rest of the menu items. This started last night on one machine, found it on another lab machine this morning. Is this a manual change or a bug?

Thanks in advance,
John

Member Avatar for serenitty

Hi jfoxru, I am experiencing the exact same thing you explained and I haven't find any solution yet. I have been looking around for any answer but I didn't have any luck! I am hopping you already got a solution? Did you manage to fix it?

I did try to install it again but same thing... well thank you! If any one knows it would be nice to hear a solution.

Member Avatar for tyronefitz

How do you unhide it genius? It's like I am asking how to change brakepads and your answer is "Change them".

Member Avatar for jfoxru

Hi jfoxru, I am experiencing the exact same thing you explained and I haven't find any solution yet. I have been looking around for any answer but I didn't have any luck! I am hopping you already got a solution? Did you manage to fix it?

I did try to install it again but same thing... well thank you! If any one knows it would be nice to hear a solution.

Well, the problem still exits using the tab and F key. This maybe a correction on Photoshop but not Dreamweaver. The problem still exits.

I did find out that it is a profile issue. If I change into another account on the machine, Dreamweaver shows all of the toolbar. Since I'm in a lab environment, I plan to delete and create a new lab account.

Be a part of the DaniWeb community

We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.