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Pete.Green
Adobe Employee
February 24, 2024
Question

Hover layer bounds is now in Photoshop beta!

  • February 24, 2024
  • 77 replies
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Hi Photoshop beta friends!

 

We have just added a new feature for the Move tool called "Hover layer bounds" to the Photoshop beta, and it is available to you now!

 

What does it do?

This new feature adds the ability to mouse over an object on your canvas and show an outline of that layer. Additionally the corresponding layer will be highlighted in the layers panel. It also has additional function with layers with masks that display both the shown and hidden pixel data.

 

Hover layer bounds also works in the reverse direction as you mouse over layers in the Layers panel.

 

Hover layer bounds is very customizable;

  • You can customize the color, thickness, and the Layers panel highlight color in Preferences > Guides, Grid & Slices
  • and customize the behavior in the new Move tool gear menu in the Options bar.

 

We would love for you to give hover layer bounds a try!

Please let us know what you think and how we could make improvements to this feature.

 

Thank you!

77 replies

marliton
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 24, 2024

Simple but useful. Tks!

 

Marlon Ceballos
Inspiring
April 25, 2024

Not a fan. I immedatley Googled how to disable this feature.

Trevor.Dennis
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 26, 2024
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Not a fan. I immediately Googled how to disable this feature.


By @Tom Roylance

 

Perhaps i t would be better with spring loaded modifier key to enable it, but you can already do that. Disable Hover Layer Bounds, and Ctrl/Cmd will bring up Smart Guides showing outside the document window bounds.  Not with all the functionality of HLB, but you can click to select the upper most layer beneath the cursor.

 

I like it personally, but I need all the help I can get with layer management. 😞