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metafr0st
Participant
November 19, 2025

cannot select a dropdown box and use arrow keys to navigate anymore

  • November 19, 2025
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for example, in the layers panel, if i select normal, i can no longer use the arrow keys to highlight down the list normal>disolve>multiply>etc. meaning, i can no longer see the effects before choosing a selection. also, now i have to go into a dropdown multiple times just to see different effects. very time wasting. not intuative and very counterproductive. the ability to use keyboard navigation has diminished greatly. clicking on things with the mouse is clunky and inprecise. this issue is in any dropdown including looking thru fonts in the type panel. this bug is also present in all release or beta versions of photoshop, illustrator and indesign. 

 

 

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CShubert
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 20, 2025

Hi @metafr0st testing here and it is working as expected.

 

1. Try resetting Prefs for the Beta:
/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/ Photoshop Beta Settings (Mac Ventura)
/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/Adobe\ Photoshop\ \(Beta\)\ Settings (Mac)


C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop (Beta)\Adobe Photoshop (Beta) Settings


Launch BETA Photoshop While Pressing The Keyboard Shortcut
With Photoshop closed, press and hold Shift+Ctrl+Alt (Win) / Shift+Command+Option (Mac) on your keyboard and then Launch Photoshop the way you normally would.
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually

 

2. It may help if we could see your Photoshop beta System Info. Launch Photoshop beta, and select Help >System Info...and copy/paste the text in a reply.  

 

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager