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June 18, 2013

P: Move tool auto-select is selecting layers in hidden or locked groups

  • June 18, 2013
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Love the multiple path selection tool in Photoshop CC, but is there a way to *not* include invisible & locked layers?

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129 replies

Inspiring
July 29, 2013
+1 happening on a mac as I speak.
Inspiring
July 29, 2013
This is happening to me too. Is there a fix yet?
Participant
July 28, 2013
I'm really thinking of asking for a full refund! I'm paying for something that is not working as I payed for it to !!!
Inspiring
July 28, 2013


When I drag and select multiple layers with the move tool, auto-select is selecting my hidden and locked layers. This is driving me nuts and I haven't been able to find any info on the problem.

This is a real problem and is slowing down my work flow!!! New grate products as they where presented by Adobe, should not have that kind of Problems!!!!

This should be fixed from day 1 !!!

Thinking of going back to Photoshop CS6 but i am a Creative Cloud Member and i am paying for CC to!!!

Adobe has to fix this since it is a problem for a lot of paying users!!!!
Inspiring
July 27, 2013
Same problem. This coupled with the Vector Direct Selection tool update is making all the bug fixes from CS6 not worth it.
Inspiring
July 26, 2013
We have prerelease testers that do test these things, but sometimes bugs slip through - developers and testers are human, too.
Inspiring
July 26, 2013
Fixing and testing takes time, because the idea is that you don't release public versions with obvious major bugs like these. Yet you do. Let's see what bugs we have at the moment:

1. Basic selection features broken.
2. Character panel completely useless once text is transformed.

Who tested that before releasing it? This is not how fixing and testing is supposed to work.
Inspiring
July 25, 2013
We are a publicly traded company, we cannot announce many things like that.

But, as already stated, we are aware of the bug and working on a fix.
Inspiring
July 25, 2013
Can we please have an update when this will be fixed. If a layer is hidden or locked the user obviously doesn't want to be manipulating it so it shouldn't be selected!
This has decreased the usability of photoshop SOOO MUCH and needs to be fixed ASAP!!

Please adobe reply with an expected fix time!
Inspiring
July 23, 2013
I can't use the photoshop CC. The hidden and locked layers not selectible with auto-select, but layers in hidden or locked folders is selectible. It's really big problem