P: Transform/Resize is constrained by default - Want ability to go back to legacy behavior

Yes, I just wanted to make it clear that to me, this is the real problem in my workflow, not being able to use the middle handle as before. I'm actually not able to extend a selection to make it wider or higher. 

Was this one rhetorical? It makes the point about the now former behavior of holding the Shift key for constrain pretty well, actually.

The middle handle isn't working as before — how can I make a rectangular selection wider or higher?

Pulling the middle handle will now enlarge the selection, not change proportions.

Pressing command key will allow me to drag in one direction, but will not constrain the enlargement to a 0 degree direction.

Do you get it? I use this all the time in Photoshop, so what happened?

> i'm on a new macbook - plenty of memory space and hard drive for cache ... and never had it before this debacle started either ... plus the file size was like 4mb max ... as it's a tiny lable artwork background ... >

Most odd. I can't find anything other than Cmd-H that will hide Transform controls in a CMYK file. I'm on an older MBP running High Sierra. Mojave seems to be involved in a lot of oddities, but I also hear people saying that Adobe runs perfectly in Mojave on their machine. I hope they can find the problem quickly.

In case there’s any confusion from the thread....
CMYK to RGB to CMYK should not result in any color shifts (narrower color gamut to wider color gamut to narrower)
RGB to CMYK to RGB is likely to see color shifts (wider color gamut to narrower to wider)

A reply mentioned possible color shift, so I was just chiming in one when it’s likely to happen.

Or course, this shouldn’t be necessary for showing PS user interface controls.

i'm pretty sure its not redraw - every other control works ... and if I fish around the artboard  off screen I finally get the cyan lines  for the extremities of the layer I pasted in which flick on and off  as i roll over them ... i'm on a new macbook - plenty of memory space and hard drive for cache ... and never had it before this debacle started either ... plus the file size was like 4mb max ... as it's a tiny lable artwork background ... 

I'll start a new thread - but its definitely related to this whole thing ... 

It sounds to me, like it does to Warren, that this is likely a separate issue—the transform was a decision, while this is an issue of disappearing interface elements (maybe a refresh/video card issue?). It's not been reported extensively, while hatred for the decision has been. I know I've never had a problem with controls not showing up.

The main reason for you to post this separately,  I should think, would be to get attention for a new "symptom," if not an entirely unrelated bug. Along with your System Info, it should get their attention. Maybe what you're doing is forcing a redraw and there's an even simpler workaround they can find for you while waiting for a proper fix.

As mentioned in my post - (although not explicitly)  i'm going from being already in CMYK - then "switch to rgb and then back to cmyk" -  so i'm not losing any color honestly ... as the gamut expands in rgb then goes back to what it was before ... the other way around of course - would be an even bigger nightmare than it already is ... 

warren ... I put it here as it's all part of the same mess as far as I can see ... that whole control has been half-assed changed and it seems they don't really know what they are doing ... 

Changing to CMYK and then back to RGB is likely to result in reduced colors if using Image > Mode. An undo, of course, should return the document to the full RGB color gamut.

Did you mean to start a post about the transform controls disappearing unexpectedly, reapearing of the color mode is changed?

The issue will likely get proper attention of you start a new thread. Also be sure to include your OS, PS version and GPu infro.

While I ‘ve had plenty of unexpected things happen in PS over the decades, the Free Tranform controls have always been visible when expected. It’s defintaggrivating to have them not be there when you need them to be.

-Warren