Comments on: Tabbed palettes on a second monitor?

By: Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:33:18 +0000

I have a dual monitor setup at my desk and I have issues with InDesign CS3 not allowing me to drag files to the other screen. I can move my tools and everything else over but not the file. Is there some way to make this work?

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:50:56 +0000

I can’t accomplish this in CS3, Windows Vista.

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:41:28 +0000

I know that CS2 you can dock your palettes to the dual monitor, but how about CS3? I can’t seem to do it or find anyone that can. Has this been eliminated due to the new UI? I wish it can be done. If anyone knows how, please let me know.

By: GMac

GMac — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:50:26 +0000

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Moving the tabs instead of the frames was all I needed to do. This is so much better.

By: JC

JC — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:36:50 +0000

I use ID maximized on one monitor and can only dock to either side of one screen, not across. For those of you who dock to the second monitor, do you have ID opened across the monitors?

By: Shawn Graham

Shawn Graham — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:43:47 +0000

Actually it is now working fine on my Dual monitor setup on this PPC mac tower. But after I had moved a couple of pallets it did crash ID (which reminded me of the original troubles from the last time I tried).

This is a great tip – thanks for giving me back my screen!

By: atoz

atoz — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:22:30 +0000

Works just fine for me on a G5 mac.

By: rmcmahan

rmcmahan — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:33:58 +0000

InDesign CS2 tabbed palettes docking on second monitor works fine for me on Intel Mac Pro. Like Rob Hall said, drag tabs, not palette frame.

Didn’t know you could do that until this morning–new work space now saved. I like it!

By: Brian Reyman

Brian Reyman — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:41:35 +0000

I made sure to drag the tab. I just tried again at work - again on an HP desktop with dual-video cards. Still no luck.

By: Rob Hall

Rob Hall — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:19:04 +0000

As stated, docking tabbed palettes on a second monitor works - regardless of machine or platform.
I presume that those having problems doing so, are dragging the palette frame and not the tab …
… dragging the tab allows palettes to be docked onto each other or to the edge of the screen.