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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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    ignaciogiri
    Participant
    October 24, 2014
    Yes, I'm doing this now, every time I want to select an object I just press CMD. A bit annoying, but thank you guys to keep us updated. It's good to know that you are aware of this and a fix is coming soon.
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    Dmersch
    Participant
    October 24, 2014
    Not without its limitations, I've been using cmd+t as an interim fix, for moving grouped layers.
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    ZodiacfreaK
    Participant
    October 24, 2014
    Let's try and stay constructive here! They've acknowledged the mistake and we're just waiting on a fix.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 23, 2014
    wtf is wrong with this new version of Photoshop cc 2014?? who made this up? I am not prefer this is our new behavior, but there is no way you can work any faster without this future !! you screw my work.., it's take 4 hour to finish my work, now it's take more than 6 hour!! ARRRRRRRafsfadgafsa
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 22, 2014
    Thanks for the heads up. I've switched back to an older CC version while waiting for the fix.

    What's killing me was indeed having to inverse: it felt like having to release instead of pushing the brake pedal when you want to stop the car.
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    ZodiacfreaK
    Participant
    October 22, 2014
    Ditto to exactly what @959930 Huber just said, that's whats killing me.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 22, 2014
    The auto-select wasn't the problem in my case. It was the possibility to drag my selected layers and folders independently from the position of the cursor, by holding the cmd key. Right now, if I don't start dragging while the cursor is over one of the selected objects, it inevitably will change my selection. Toggling auto-select doesn't change that.

    Great to hear it's going to be rolled back though. Thanks for the update!
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    andycpliu81
    Participant
    October 21, 2014
    Great news! Honestly, I tend to work with mostly auto-select being selected and command key only to temporarily switch off the auto-select. Can't wait, thanks for the update.
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    lizuare
    Known Participant
    October 21, 2014
    Thanks for this! Will still be looking for it to go back to normal, but this is a nice compromise in the mean time.
    Bradee3727421
    Adobe Employee
    Bradee3727421
    Adobe Employee
    October 21, 2014
    We're still planning to roll this change back... but I want to make sure all you guys knew... if you uncheck auto-select:

    CMD still toggles between auto-select and not. I know it's not ideal for most of you here... but you *can* work similarly to the way you did before in this fashion. Just inverse when you hold down command.
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