P: PS 27.4 Setting the default in Preferences > Units to "inches" is ignored by Canvas Size

I have the same problem. 

D’oh! LOL that was it!

Uncheck “Relative” in the Canvas size dialog.

Ctrl or Cmd R to show Rulers, then right or ctrl click on the ruler to set your default measurement units. If you choose inches, Canvas Size shoulld default to inches.

Hello all!

For the past version or two Photoshop changed the way a size can be changed. The default used to be that you just say the new canvas size, and it sets to the new number. Now it asks for the difference between the current size and the one you want. Which requires a ridiculous amount of math to get to the exact decimal point you need. There’s gotta be a way to set it back to simply state the desired new canvas size, right?? Anybody know how to do that?

(Also how to default it to be in inches vs. pixels.)

Thanks!

As is always the case, a new poorly-tested, poorly-executed “improvement” is the cause, and the solution is to find where the offending non-improvement can be disabled, followed by disabling, followed by a few curse words about dumb thing Adobe does all the time.

Pixels are more precise because our screens consist of pixels. 

Inches are used for printing, not measuring objects on a screen.

​@jnwbr 

This is a known issue and Adobe is aware. See this primary thread:

https://community.adobe.com/bug-reports-711/p-ps27-4-beta-manipulating-the-transform-values-in-the-properties-panel-causes-the-path-to-be-duplicated-1554445?postid=1554445#post1554445

Jane

I cannot reproduce the issue at current (on Photoshop 27.4.0). 

If I have my rulers set to Inches, why does the Canvas Size dialog box default to Pixels?

Together with this error, the decimal separator is also not following the global setting. When your decimal separator is a point, you will not experience the issue, but  I use a comma and that global setting is not respected in the Canvas Size menu alone.