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Kris Hunt
Legend
April 29, 2022

P: Unable to select a color swatch in the color picker when text is highlighted

  • April 29, 2022
  • 24 replies
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If a text LAYER is selected and you enter the color picker, you are able to select a text color from the Swatches panel. But if some text is HIGHLIGHTED and you enter the color picker, you are unable to select a text color from the Swatches panel; the computer just beeps at you. There's no reason this shouldn't work. It used to work in previous versions of Photoshop.

 

I am aware that, if you have some text highlighted, you can change the color of the text by clicking on a color swatch without entering the color picker. This is nice, but it should not be the only way to change the color of selected text.

24 replies

Participating Frequently
May 24, 2023

figures. new update fixes for me.  Looks like someone is listening, good.

Jeff Arola
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 24, 2023

Have you checked the just released 24.5 (photoshop 2023  ps ver 24.5) update?

 

 

Participating Frequently
May 24, 2023

What's the Adobe alternative... I'm ready. These folks need some help, they gave up listening.

Kris Hunt
Kris HuntAuthor
Legend
May 24, 2023

You are not wrong.

Participating Frequently
May 24, 2023

Am I wrong, or has this taken over a year to fix what was a feature before.. and still not resolved?  

Participating Frequently
May 24, 2023

I just spent 20 minutes trying to find out why my Photoshop was not working correctly than found this thread. I used to be able to pick a text layer, then apply a swatch from library or other swatch pallette now I cannot change a text color by selecting multiple layers of text and picking a swatch??? Adobe is falling down, bigtime.

Known Participant
January 29, 2023

Please fix this problem as soon as possible...

Known Participant
June 29, 2022

请看视频。Photoshop 2019及以前版本的拾色器可以为选择的文字拾取颜色,而Photoshop 2020及以后的版本拾色器无法为选择的文字拾取颜色,这个bug在Windows和Mac版本中都有,请修复一下。

Please watch the video. The color picker of Photoshop 2019 and earlier versions can pick up colors for the selected text, but the color picker of Photoshop 2020 and later versions cannot pick up colors for the selected text. This bug exists in both Windows and Mac versions, please fix it.

Legend
May 4, 2022

Hi Kris, Sorry, I've confirmed the behavior changed between 2019 and 2020 releases. I've asked engineering to take a look. 

CShubert
Community Manager
Community Manager
May 2, 2022

I'm sorry @Kris Hunt , I would not have that information. As I said before, if this is a feature that you would like added back in, please create another post for this in the Ideas thread.

 

Thank you,