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Adobe Employee
August 24, 2023

Can't edit text if not top layer

  • August 24, 2023
  • 7 replies
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I am using a template for a festival poster and am trying to edit some of the text elements in the template. If i click on them, i can see that they are text and that they should be editable (the text bar opens) but i cannot replace the text with my own. I had to move the layer to the very top of all the other layers in order to edit it, then put it back in the correct layer order after. This is such a poor user experience, especially considering this is an Adobe owned template.

7 replies

Participant
November 18, 2023

@Abhi.G @ ADBE , you are correct; I was not hitting enter on the keyboard. That solved it, thank you!

Adobe Employee
November 18, 2023

Hi @Anthony3370495957ha 

 

Thanks for sharing the video. It's not clear to me if you are following the very last step listed in https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-express-discussions/entering-text-editing-mode/m-p/14035673#M10280:

 

  • then hit the Enter key on the keyboard

 

If not, could you please try that?

 

Thanks

Abhi G

 

Participant
November 18, 2023

@Abhi.G @ ADBE , please see the attached screen recording. I am also having this issue. Thank you for taking a look!

 

Adobe Employee
November 1, 2023

Hi @Jess28445320xylc 

 

> The thread provided (locked) as a solution above does not work.

Could you explain in more detail what difficulties you are running into this solution?

 

Thanks

Abhi G

Known Participant
November 1, 2023

Did you ever find a solution? It's very frustrating and quite unbelievable Adobe has not addressed this. It makes the title of the software 'EXPRESS' fairly comical....

Known Participant
November 1, 2023

The thread provided (locked) as a solution above does not work.

thejanebradbury
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 25, 2023

Please see this post with an explanation of how to edit text, especially lower in the layer stack.
https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-express-discussions/entering-text-editing-mode/m-p/14035673#M10280