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October 22, 2018

P: "Make Group" below an existing, selected group, no longer working

  • October 22, 2018
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Hello!

There is a behavior change that had existed in many earlier versions of Photoshop that no longer works, and though it appears to be minor, is wreaking havoc on my complicated actions and workflows. I am running this on an iMac, MacOS 10.14 Mojave.

Expected behavior (2018 and earlier):
I click on a folder or layer in the Layers palette.
I hold down [command)+New Folder button at the bottom of the Layers palette.
A new folder is created BELOW the originally selected folder or layer.

New behavior (2019):
I click on a folder or layer in the Layers palette.
I hold down [command]+New Folder button at the bottom of the Layers palette.
A new folder is created ABOVE the originally selected folder or layer.

This is the same behavior as if I did not hold down the [command] modifier.

Please fix this.

Thank you,
Bruce

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15 replies

Legend
January 15, 2019
Correct. This was fixed on 20.0.2
Known Participant
January 15, 2019
Hot dog! Looks like it works. Oh, what a happy day!
Known Participant
January 15, 2019
Sounds like this is fixed in 20.0.2... https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/fixed-issues.html
Legend
November 14, 2018
Sorry. Hoping this one makes it into the next update.
Known Participant
November 14, 2018
20.0.1 doesn't fix the problem. NUTS!
Known Participant
November 9, 2018
I am excited to get this bug, plus the Liquify artifact bug, plus the Transform tool (bug? madness??) addressed. I've had to put aside Ps2019 in favor of 2018 for now. New features are fun, but I require reliability from my professional tools.
Participating Frequently
October 25, 2018
Same issue here upon updating to CC2019, which has totally screwed up my most important actions (used for creating my retouching structure), each with dozens of steps.

Prior to CC2019, 'With below' (in my actions) added new layers/groups WITHIN the selected group, not just below it in the layer stack as it does now in 2019. There now seems to be no single command to create new layers/groups within a selected group.

Please fix ASAP!!! Thanks. 

(macOS Mojave 10.14)
Pete.Green
Community Manager
October 22, 2018
Thanks for the action detail Bruce -- for our bug and better engineering reproducibility, would you be able to record a video of what you're seeing from your end?

Maybe showing 2018 behavior, and 2019 behavior if possible.

Thank you!
Regards,
PG
Known Participant
October 22, 2018
Thanks, Pete! 

I have a lot of intricate actions that include that specific function. In PS 2019 my folder creation actions get all jumbled, which is what alerted me to the problem in the first place. I had this step recorded in an action, and the step reads as such:

Make Group
Using: Group
With Below
Name: "Group 1"

I have this step in both PS 2018 and 2019. 2018 sees the "With Below," and though I see this step exactly as I have written it above, doesn't follow the expected behavior.

Hope that helps,
Bruce
Adobe Employee
October 22, 2018
thanks for the details, that's what happens here too.