P: Move tool to auto-select multiple Layers by dragging and creating a marquee box no longer works in 2027 (v28)

I’ve got version 28.0 and just discovered this very annoying issue. Please fix this immediately.

Please update this immediately.. I don’t even like using beta because it defaults opening to beta when I already have the nonbeta version open. (mac user here)

This is extremely frustrating and honestly unacceptable. Every time Photoshop gets updated, we expect improvements, not basic features suddenly breaking. Selecting multiple layers by simply clicking and dragging is a fundamental part of my daily workflow, and now it's no longer working as it should. I've already checked all layer locks and tool settings, but nothing solves the issue. This is seriously affecting my productivity and wasting valuable time. Please take this issue seriously and release a fix as soon as possible. We shouldn't have to roll back to older versions just to use basic Photoshop functionality.

​@Aniket Pitale the issue has already been reported and acknowledged by Adobe

Photoshop 27 Bug Report: Canvas Drag-Select Multiple Layers Not Working with Move Tool

I can confirm this is still happening in the release version of Photoshop 2027, not only in the Beta.

I run a Photoshop tutorial channel on YouTube (Eren Alkış, in Turkish). After I published my Photoshop 2027 update video, one of my viewers commented that they could no longer select multiple layers by dragging with the Move tool. I tested it myself and got the same result.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a document with several unlocked, visible layers.
2. Select the Move tool (V) with Auto-Select: Layer enabled.
3. Click on an empty area and drag a marquee over multiple objects.

Expected: all layers inside the marquee are selected, as in previous versions.
Actual: the marquee is drawn, but no layers are selected. Single-click selection still works.

System: Photoshop [SÜRÜM, ör. 28.0.1], Windows 11.

The only workaround is Shift-clicking the layers one by one, which is slow in documents with many layers. Since this affects a basic daily workflow, I hope it can be prioritised. I’ll let my viewers know once it is fixed.

really frustrating while doing lot of deadline assignment. i need to select on layer one by one, mine is version 28.0.0 too

yes , cant make multiple select in 28.0.0 Release too

I can’t reproduce in v 28.0.

Click (hold down mouse button) > drag moves the correct layer every time.

If it doesn’t work, you may have corrupt preferences. Before restting, make sure to save out custom actions, brushes etc.

​@Merry_personality54ed it’s a known issue