Adding a linked smart object is resizing the Properties panel to fit the full path of the linked object.

Beautiful. Thanks everyone! Problem solved! Thank you

Hi all, please try and confirm if the updated release solves this for you.

Adobe Photoshop Version: 28.0.1 20261020.m.3721 fa88335  arm64 (beta, PublicBeta)

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

UPDATE: Looks like it was fixed in the update that rolled out today. ​@arzelia ​@KL_BF ​@stOrm15719637 - try updating and see if it fixes it for you too!

​​@CShubert 

Let me try this again because technology is not my friend today…

Screenshots should hopefully be viewable here: https://imgur.com/a/photoshop-beta-v-28-0-1-bug-s6JRgYt

Photoshop Beta 28.0.1
MacOS 26.6.2

Similar issue with the OP

In Photoshop Beta 28.0.1, I have the Properties and Layers panels stacked vertically and docked on the right side of the screen.

When I select a linked Smart Object, the panel dock expands to an excessively wide width, apparently to accommodate the linked file’s source information in the Properties panel. This takes up a large portion of the workspace.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Stack the Properties and Layers panels vertically and dock them on the right side of the screen.
2. Open a document containing a linked Smart Object.
3. Select the linked Smart Object in the Layers panel.
4. Observe the width of the docked panels.

Expected result: The dock should retain its manually set width, with long source information wrapping or truncating within the Properties panel.

Actual result: The dock becomes much wider when the linked Smart Object’s source information is displayed.

This appears to affect linked Smart Objects only. I haven’t observed the same behaviour with embedded Smart Objects.

Hi ​@cervantes003 could you share some screenshots of what you are seeing along with the steps you are using to get to this issue?

Is this similar to this issue: 

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager