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

*karen_dunne They're aware. I called about this months ago and they said it was a known issue that would be taken care of in a future update. since then, I saw 4 minor updates to 2020, 2021's release and 1 minor update... and still no joy.

Does anyone know the best way to communicate directly with Adobe?

This issue has been going on for so long and it's a major impediment to productivity. I wish we could know if Adobe even knows about this and whether it's being worked on. 

Today's Photoshop update 22.0.1 thoughtfully makes sure the filename field is selected every time the Save/Save As... window opens—is no longer a hit and miss endeavor. And unthoughtfully, and curiously, it STILL highlights filename AND extension.

Adobe is deaf.

*adrian marshall Just to clarify. The problem is that the extension is selected by default when you go to Save for Web. If you don't change the file name then when you hit Save you will have the extension. If you change the name without either A)unselecting the extension before typing or B)type in the extension after you type what you want the file name to be.

A) is made easier by double click the file name and it will go from name/extension selected to just the name selected. NOT a fix but the best workaround we have at the moment.  

Agree on the long filenames when it came to click and drag and being painful! 

I'm pretty sure I tried the double click technique in the past and couldn't get it to work (or maybe I did just a single the way you do in Mac OS with a desktop file to change the name without selecting the extension) but if I did it this way in the past and it didn't work BUT the fact it works now is great and is at least somewhat of a workaround until we get a true fix. THANKS for the heads up on this!

So, now that I've had a few days with Big Sur, I've found that sometimes it is selected, and sometimes not. No discernible rhyme or reason as to when or why. `As much as I want to keep everything to the keyboard, I've found that consistently, I can double-click the filename, and it selects ONLY the filename, without the extension. (triple-click will select filename + extension). 

Not ideal, but at least I don't have to drag highlight just the filename, which was annoying, since my filenames can be long and extend beyond that painfully short filename window... which is yet another annoyance.

Save for web not saving file extension still happening... version 21.2.4 on 10.15.7

come on adobe

Same here after changing to a new Mac with Catalina (too bad I can't downgrade but that's not part of the disussion here).

On Mojave I didn't have that problem neither with PS2020 nor 2021. On Catalina the extension is selected - on both PS versions.

Changing the bahaviour of the handling of file extensions in preferences doesn't have any effect.

Please, Adobe, come on, this ist really an important thing! It takes much more time adding some characters to the filename than it did before. I want the old behavoir back.

@Adobe: if it's a Catalina problem: built a workaround! If it's a PS problem: fix it!

@david_mikal_johnson how are you getting it so that the file name isn't highlighted? I'm still getting the full filename and extension highlighted

So this productivity glitch takes a bigger hit in MacOS Big Sur...

Now, the filename isn't even selected by default. But like magic, if you hit the tab button 3 times, the filename highlights... aaand so does the extension. Same glitch, now 100% more complicated to overcome.