P: Direct + Path Selection Tools keep reverting back to Active Layers

A little late to post but thank you and good job on this, Adobe.

Thanks for uncovering this! This happens on my system too. I'll also add that it seems to only happen if you press OK on the preferences dialog (hitting ESC doesn't trigger the reversion).

At least now I can predict when it'll happen, rather than being rudely surprised every time a path won't select unexpectedly. 

Hopefully they fix it eventually.

This bug is still present.

Thanks Jeff. Hope she's doing well.

Sorry I was out of the office for a week with my youngest daughter in the hospital when you replied. I'm getting caught up this week. Good sleuthing. I can reproduce what you describe and will have the engineering team look into it.

Any thoughts on this Adobe? Can you at least acknowledge you've seen this? Same thing is happening in CC 2017 too. Maybe change the title to include that since it's the same issue in CC 2015 and CC 2017.

• CC 2015: opening 'Preferences' causes these specific Tools' options to reset.
• CC 2017: opening then clicking anything in 'Preferences' causes them to reset.

eartho,
You've probably figured this out by now, but it is the cause of the 'Constrain Path Dragging' option resetting as well as the 'Active/All Layers' option.

Chisten,
Weird indeed. Always thought the 'Rulers being on causing performance issues' was the most random but this one is close. Maybe not as harmful, but weird and random nonetheless.
 

> Also, Opening "Preferences" changes any active tool to the Eye Dropper Tool, weird. So anytime Preference is opened the Eye Dropper Tool is activated AND the Path Tools get reset back to "Active Layers". >

That's got to be one of the weirder bugs I've seen. I'm impressed you were able to find the cause. Now we just need Adobe to find the cure.

>This option is reset anytime the "Preferences" dialog is opened. 

I can confirm that this is what causes the reset. Nice work tracking that down.

I've been having a related issue where the Constrain Path Dragging option isn't sticking. Something's obviously wrong the the Selection Tool prefs. If i remember correctly, this issue was flagged on the 2015 release and still has yet to be solved.