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October 7, 2014

P: Move Tool - Toggle auto select shortcut changed

  • October 7, 2014
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Hello. The changed shortcuts to toggle the autoselection of layers with the move tool selected is highly frustrating to me. I used to have a great workflow with auto select turned on and used cmd to drag elements that were either off-canvas or too small / too transparent to grab them. Now it seems to be inverted: I need to turn auto select off to toggle with cmd. When it is turned on, cmd seems to toggle now between layer and group auto selection.
I can't understand why this was changed or is at least not something I can switch between in the preferences.

Thanks you very much for looking into this.

Michael Heins

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124 replies

Participant
October 21, 2014
Yea I tried to uninstall and reinstall CC 2014 and I noticed that the auto-select has become a toggle icon. IMO, that is a pretty useless update LOL. Please, please fix this and bring back the command key behavior!!
Inspiring
October 21, 2014
There was a Photoshop update just now but it didn't fix this issue. Do we know when this feature will come back or should we just start getting used to the fact that it isn't there?
Inspiring
October 20, 2014
Please add this back 😞 We are pretty stressful about this...
Inspiring
October 20, 2014
Yes, same here. It slows down my design process. Please fix this bug asap.
Participant
October 20, 2014
This is absolutely driving me crazy. It breaks a very good workflow I had for years. Adobe PS please bring this behavior back.
Inspiring
October 20, 2014


If 'auto-select' is checked, the 'cmd' button toggles 'layer' and 'group' options in auto-select for move tool.

How to reproduce error:

I'm using auto-select: 'layer', and I select a layer using move tool.
I hold down 'cmd' and drag. In the past this allows me to move the layer - however ..
Holding down 'cmd' now toggles the auto-select mode - and changes to 'group'
Now as I'm dragging, it now drags the entire group, not the individual layer.
Inspiring
October 20, 2014


this is weird... the latest photoshop cc 2014.2 seem to have many manjor bug and needed to fix immediately..

my problem right now is
photoshop crashing with text
photohop freezing at startup (sometimes)

When I ctrl + left click to the picture.. it doesn't want to move, so I can't drag or move photo position especially smallest photo/object
Inspiring
October 20, 2014
Reinstalled. Didn't work for me. Can you guys at Adobe at least give us a perspective in terms of timing?
Inspiring
October 18, 2014
Didn't have the chance yet. I literally did not work this week. (Hope my client isn't reading this)
Participating Frequently
October 17, 2014
Did you try to update your apps?