[Bug 10814] Adobe Photoshop 7 main tool window disappears

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10814

mclauand at parkrose.k12.or.us changed:

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--- Comment #23 from mclauand at parkrose.k12.or.us ---
This is still an issue for me in Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS running Photoshop 7.

There are actually multiple issues:

Issue 1. Via winecfg, if you disable "Emulate a virtual desktop" (which I 
think is the default) and browse to a different Gnome workspace, when you
return to the original workspace (from which you are running Photoshop) all
palettes are gone.

Resetting brings them back. However this takes ~7 seconds:
In Photoshop 7: Window > Workspace > Reset Palette Locations

Alternatively, as someone else mentioned, prior from switching workspaces you
can hit tab (which hides all palettes), then switch workspaces, and when you
return you can hit tab again (which un-hides them). I also scripted this, so I
a Gnome panel launcher can run the script, hide the palettes, and then switch
the workspace (see below). You'll need to install 'xdotool' and 'wmctrl' for
this to work.

//this finds Photoshop, issues a tab, then takes you to workspace 0
xdotool windowactivate $(xdotool search --name 'Adobe Photoshop' | tail -1);
sleep .25; xdotool key Tab
wmctrl -s 0

//and this takes you back, and hits tab again
xdotool windowactivate $(xdotool search --name 'Adobe Photoshop' | tail -1);
sleep .25; xdotool key Tab

But even with all this, I would still forget to click the launcher (to leave
and to return), and I would click away to another workspace. Then upon return
I'd have to reset the palettes again. Super annoying.

So as an alternative to this, via winecfg, I enabled a virtual desktop:

winecfg > Graphics > Emulate a virtual desktop

I'm on a 4k display, so I set the Desktop size to equal the width of my display
and the height, minus the height of the top and bottom panels (3840 x 2100).
Which brings us to issue #2.

Issue 2: When you enable a virtual desktop you reveal the second bug that
people have mentioned here...where the palettes seem to disappear, and even if
you reset the palettes they only come back for a half second and then disappear
again. They aren't really disappearing, but rather going behind the main
window. So to avoid this, I just manually adjust the size of the main window so
it allows the palettes to sit on the sides (that way they can't go behind).

Then to save your palette locations (in case you need to reset them), go to:

In Photoshop 7: Window > Workspace > Save Workspace

Now you should be able to click away to other Gnome workspaces and when you
return the palettes should still be there. I've found this to be the best
workaround.

I realize these are just hacks that don't actually fix the problem. But the
last one seems to work fairly well.

I'd still love it if the Wine developers could figure this out, because
Photoshop 7 still works amazingly well, even in 2019!

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