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P: Photoshop 26.8 & later: Gradient style menu in Shape Stroke Properites not scaled correctly

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June 20, 2025
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This is what the gradient style selector looks like when a gradient is applied to a shape layer's stroke. It appears very wide and with options overlapping each other vertically. The same selector for gradients on a shape's fill appears normal. This also appears this way when it's accessed through the control bar when the Shape tool is selected.

This is on Photoshop 26.8.0 on Windows.

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Imaginerie

Community Expert

When selecting gradient types in the drop-down menu of the vector shapes stroke settings, The list is not visible and the different options look all jumbled together.
(see screenshot)

Version 27.8.0 for Windows 11

Srishti Bali

Community Manager

Hi @Imaginerie

Sorry to hear you're running into this. I’d suggest trying a tool reset first from the top options bar for the Gradient tool.

If that does not help, the next good step would be to back up your settings and then reset Photoshop preferences manually https://adobe.ly/4pPpIb2

If it still persists after that, could you share your Photoshop version and operating system. This information will help us investigate the issue further and assist you accordingly.

Thanks, Srishti Bali | Community & Engagement Strategist, Digital Imaging | Adobe

Imaginerie

Community Expert

I will try, although to be clear, it only happens in the stroke menu, not in properties, nor in the gradient panel.
I’ve indicated the version and OS in my original post, but here it is again
Version 27.8.0 for Windows 11

Claire H.

Community Manager

Hi @Wabber_HM, Thanks for reaching out to the Photoshop Community Forums! Let's try to figure this out by testing out a few things:

1. Resetting Photoshop Preferences: Meanwhile, you can try to reset the preferences of Photoshop using the steps mentioned here: https://adobe.ly/4jmvs7u. Please back up your settings before resetting the preferences. You can check: https://adobe.ly/3YW1WOu

2. Adjust UI scaling: Under Preferences > Interface, see if it affects the dropdown rendering.

3. Test different display scaling settings: In Windows (e.g., 100%, 125%), check if the issue is resolution-related.

Let me know if none of these work, and we can continue troubleshooting the issue. I hope this helps! ^CH

Wabber_HMAuthor

Inspiring

Hello. Sorry for the super-late follow-up, but I finally got to test this out some more. On two other computers and different screen resolutions, this continued to be a problem. I also tried it on a display with scaling enabled and the same issue persists.

Sameer K

Community Manager

Hey, @Wabber_HM. Please update to the latest version of Photoshop via the Creative Cloud desktop app, and this should be fixed.

Thanks!
Sameer K
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