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October 8, 2026

Photoshop Beta — Ctrl-drag with Move Tool does not select layers

  • October 8, 2026
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Title: Photoshop Beta — Ctrl-drag with Move Tool does not select layers

Photoshop Beta version: 27.12.0 20261005.m.3700 e7185eb x64 (beta, PublicBeta)
Operating system: Windows 11
Auto-Select checkbox: OFF
Auto-Select target: Layer

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open a document containing multiple visible layers.

  2. Select the Move Tool (V).

  3. Set the Auto-Select target to Layer and leave the Auto-Select checkbox OFF.

  4. Hold Ctrl and click-drag from an empty area of the canvas to draw a selection box around several layer objects.

  5. Check the selection in the Layers panel.

Expected result:
The layers inside the selection box should be selected.

Actual result:
The layers are not selected when I perform this action.

This interrupts my wedding album layout workflow. Please investigate this behavior.