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Sawiro Takoni
Sawiro Takoni
Known Participant
June 4, 2025

P: Clone stamp "crosshair cursor" hidden when CTRL + H

  • June 4, 2025
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There is a similiar thread about this issue, but since it's years old (and marked as "solved") I will start a new bugreport.

When I use the clone stamp, the source reference (the crosshair cursor) is not visible when you hide any selection.

 

CTRL + H = hide edges = hide clone stamp cursor.

 

 
I think it's a bug, since it doesn't make sense. I want to hide selection edges when cloning, but not the clone source/ crosshair itself.

 

 

Windows 11 | 64 bit | Photoshop 26.6.1

 

 

 

    3 replies

    Elenna300
    Elenna300
    Participant
    March 1, 2026

    Hi everyone,

    I'm running Photoshop 27.4 on macOS.

    I wanted to flag that a persistent bug with the Clone Stamp tool is still present. When using the Clone Stamp, the source reference (the crosshair cursor) is hidden if you use the Cmd + H (Mac) / Ctrl + H (Win) shortcut to hide extras.

    There is an old thread about this marked as "solved," but the issue remains. It makes retouching workflow very difficult when you rely on hiding selections or guides but still need to see where you are cloning from.

    Is anyone else still experiencing this? Hoping the product team can take another look.

      Sawiro Takoni
      Sawiro TakoniAuthor
      Known Participant
      March 3, 2026

      Can confirm (Windows 11 / X64 / 27.4.0).

      Sawiro Takoni
      Sawiro TakoniAuthor
      Known Participant
      June 4, 2025

      Cool, thx.

       

      To be clear: the problem is not the selection (or cloning during any selection) but the shortcut (behaviour).

       

      CTRL / COMMAND + H should not hide the crosshair of the clone source, I think. 🙂

        A
        Community Manager
        AlekeCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        June 4, 2025

        Hi @Sawiro Takoni! Thanks so much for flagging this issue — we really appreciate you bringing it to our attention. I've passed it along to the team, and we've logged a bug so we can dig into it further.

        Stay tuned to this thread for any updates. Thanks again for your help!

        Alek

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          Sawiro Takoni
          Sawiro TakoniAuthor
          Known Participant
          February 28, 2026

          ```Bug is still there in 27.4.0 (Windows 11 / 64 bit).```

          Also a lot of posts and screen recordings are removed here, since the new forum.

          Any updates on this bug?

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