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ulrikg2
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May 21, 2012

P: Move tool targeting imprecise

  • May 21, 2012
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Move Tool annoyance in Photoshop CS6.
I use the move tool alot in my work, with high fidelity mockups for interface design. I rely on precision and predictability in my workflow. In Photoshop CS6 with the move tool set to auto-select layer, i would suspect the move tool to select the excact element im targeting at which it doesn't. it automatically selects nearby elements, which is a HUGE annoyance and disturbance. It ruins the workflow, and it's unpredicable.

Is there at least an option to remove this behaviour and just make it precise as in previous versions of photoshop?

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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 2, 2013
    I'm a UI designer so for me it is also absolutely annoying bug. It is difficult to understand why it is such a problem to fix it, or just put checkbox (somewhere) to turn that "feature" on/off. Adobe, please make PSCS6 not worse than the previous version, it is a tool for professionals but CS6 reduced our productivity in this place. Of course I can still use the previous version, but how long should we wait (and why we bought CS6)? I'm not sure about moving to CC version in the future. 😞
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    WarrenWANdisco
    Participant
    June 19, 2013
    So after 8 months I still absolutely hate this feature and I actually feel angry when I see 'new' Photoshop features released when this hasn't been fixed.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    June 19, 2013
    Jeffrey or Chris,

    could you please disclose at least the rough estimate when this issue will be fixed and why it takes so long?

    The community is waiting!
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    ulrikg2Author
    Participating Frequently
    May 10, 2013
    Any news on this issue? 🙂
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    January 15, 2013
    Just updated to 13.0.3. No fix there. Bummer, I was really hoping.
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    J453
    Legend
    January 15, 2013
    May want to break out to a new thread and include the error you get with the failure. Thx.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    January 14, 2013
    Did anyone get that latest CS6 update to install? Failed on a few machines I heard.
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    45634563545
    Inspiring
    January 14, 2013
    Oy . . . lovely. Didn't know.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    January 14, 2013
    Nope, I get an update error. Googled it and it's pretty common, solution from Adobe is to reinstall photoshop. Just got disc back from IT, so fingers crossed.
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    45634563545
    Inspiring
    January 14, 2013
    Correct. I think he misunderstood the OP's issue.
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