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Inspiring
June 21, 2016

P: I can't adjust the size of paragraph text bounding boxes

  • June 21, 2016
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In PS 2015.5 I can't adjust the size of paragraph text bounding boxes ...anyone else running into the same issues?

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Inspiring
June 28, 2016
I have the same problem. The anchor points on the right side of the bounding box are  not working. 
I can resize the box with the anchor points on the left side, top and bottom, but when i try to do it on the right side the whole bounding box gets deselected.
Known Participant
June 27, 2016
Is it normal for the Product Manager of photoshop to reply to support topics in person? Super cool that this is happening. Makes me believe that the ps might actually be in good hands.
Inspiring
June 27, 2016
Pete's workaround worked for me too. But I had to spend some time configuring TextEdit and Finder. Please fix it for real
rudkov
Participating Frequently
June 26, 2016
Pete, thanks a lot. It worked!

But I have to say, that I had to put the PSUserConfig.txt file in another folder (//Users/[User Name]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5 Settings/). For the first time, when I put it the folder mentioned in the article, nothing happened.
Known Participant
June 25, 2016
I tried this and it works. It should be easy for Adobe to change this default behaviour, or add a switch for it in Preferences.

Cari, while the instructions may look daunting at first glance, the remedy is easy to execute, no special techie knowledge is needed - it is simply a case of creating a plain text document and saving it in a specific folder. However, the advice to use TexEdit on a Mac does not work, as bizarrely, TextEdit does not give you the option to save as a .txt file (on my El Capitan machine at any rate). I saved it as .rtf, opened it in Word, then saved it again as a .txt file. I suspect you could write it directly into Word or into Pages (or any word processor), save as .txt,  and it would work, but I have not tried that.

Also, read the bit about the Library folder being hidden. If you try to follow the file path written on the advice you probably won't see it - follow the later instructions to uncover it. On a Mac the easiest way to do that is to open Finder, click the Go menu and then press the Alt key - the Library folder will suddenly appear in the dropdown list.
ssprengel
Inspiring
June 25, 2016
What step shown on the webpage are you stuck on?  After clicking on the above link, you should be scrolling up to the top and reading the first few steps not just look at the lines the page jumps to by clicking on the link.  Where it jumps to is the particular setting you're supposed to add to the blank text file.
Inspiring
June 25, 2016

having the same issue but I do not understand how to execute what is described in the link above... Sorry for needing newbie advice.

Inspiring
June 24, 2016
It Worked! Tried multiple Docs... all fine now! NICE!
Inspiring
June 24, 2016
I've already reverted back to regular 2015 so I can work. But, I did have it enabled.

Can anyone else answer Pete's question?
Pete.Green
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 24, 2016
Does it make a difference if you adjust the Reduce user friction option? https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/enable-optional-extensions-photoshop-cc.html#Disable_Reduce_Use...