Help! I've moved my Color Picker window out of view! | Photoshop Family Customer Community

I'm trying to pick a colour using the eyedropper / color picker in Photoshops Elements 10, moved the box down to find the right spot, and it's suddenly disappeared. All I have is the color picker as a cursor, and now I can't do anything else, and I can't find the box to close it - how can I get it back please?

Jane White

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disconcerted!

Posted 5 years ago

5 years ago

Jane White

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ETA: No idea how it happened, but I've got it back, so no responses required now, thank you.

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2013-09-20T18:20:19+00:00

Chris Cox

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When Photoshop shows a dialog or palette, it tries to make sure it is on a visible display -- even if you've moved it off.

2013-09-20T18:28:13+00:00

Jane White

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Thank you for coming back to me - where do you think I should have tried looking, for future reference, please? I had thought the same thing, but just couldn't work out where to look.

2013-09-20T18:32:28+00:00

Chris Cox

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If you dragged the dialog off the screen, just try hitting escape to close it, then open it again and Photoshop should force it on screen. Worst case you may have to reset the Photoshop Preferences.

2013-09-20T20:21:24+00:00

Jane White

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Thank you very much - I shall bear it in mind if I manage to make that mistake again! I minimised the page while researching the answer here, and it reappeared when I expanded it again. Typical :)