P: File name and extension highlight when saving on macOS 10.15 Catalina

For me, not fixed in Catalina, either. I'm on macOS 10.15.7 and just updated to Photoshop 22.3.0. What I'm seeing is that about 1/2 of the time the filename (and just the filename, not the extension, so that's the good news) is highlighted and behaves as I would expect, and about 1/2 of the time nothing is highlighted and I can't modify with filename from the keyboard (can't tab to it, for instance; need to click in the box with the mouse).

There does not appear to be any pattern to when the filename is highlighted and when not. If I open and cancel the "Save As" dialog repeatedly, while doing and changing absolutely nothing else, it'll sometimes have the filename highlighted, sometimes not.

Also, it used to be possible to tab to the "Save" or "Cancel" buttons, so the whole "Save As" process could be done from the keyboard without the mouse. That ceased to be the case a while ago, but it was very helpful and sped things up. Now, I open the "Save As" dialog box with the keyboard, check to see if the filename is highlighted, modify the filename from the keyboard if it is, if not, switch to the mouse to tap the filename, back to the keyboard to change the filename, finally back to the mouse to tap the "Save" button. This is a pointlessly user-unfriendly process.

FIX THIS PLEASE!! This is making your users less productive and REALLY annoyed, I've used adobe products for 25 years now and I feel like you are trying too hard to change things that work. Why would you implement something like this that makes no sense and then NOT fix this for over a year now? This should not be a difficult fix, stop changing things that work well...this is not the first time you've done things like this. Sorry for the rant but we've invested so much time in learning your products and you are making things more difficult!

@olivier_mullie_7495271 only with Catalina. No change with Big Sure

Adobe is engaging in a sadistic form of tantric debugging... keeping us at bay for an interminable period of time before releasing us from frustration.

It took them 5 years into the widespread availability of retina displays to finally retool vector paths in Photoshop to not get lost as gray hairline slivers with impossible-to-grab control handles.

I fully expect them to have this solved for Big Sur... when the next MacOS is well into its 3rd update.

(Yes, I'm aware I've contributed nothing substantial with this post beyond snarky frustration). 

So close Adobe!

I can confirm from @olivier_mullie_7495271  that after the current update the "save/ save as" selection is only on the name. leaving the extension unhighlighted.

unfortunately "saving to web" is still highlighting the whole name including the extension.

We were so close Adobe! it shouldnt be that hard to now do the same thing for the save to web. we all kinda use that as well as the normal save. maybe even more

system used: catalina

I can confirm this for Catalina.

It's still NOT working for Big Sur. 'Save as' still selects filename and extension 😞

What the heck is so complicated here?

Problem solved for « Save As », today in Photoshop 22.3.0 !

Mac Catalina...

<);o)

Thanks !!!

Yes! I feel the same. It is a great nuisance and it's been going on for many months now... 

Thanks for posting this Michele.

What a complete nuisance this is, I have the same issue with both Save As and Save For Web and it's a total time-waster. I've now noticed clients using Photoshop are sending me files without file extensions which macOS can't open so I have to add the extensions manually!

The issue still isn't fixed after updating to PS 2021.

The worst part: All this grief we're experiencing is probably down to a few lines of code. You'd think the people at Adobe who design and build Photoshop, never use it.

Me too Michele, that's why I think Adobe should fix this problem. My message was just to highlight that the Adobe uses a workaround adding the extension after saving in other "save as" popups, but it doesn't works in "save as web". (and still not fixed in Big Sur)