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Hello, I am developing a Photoshop UXP plugin.Our plugin requires complex vector shape editing in canvas, so we are using a webview.On Windows OS, when the webview is clicked, all keyboard shortcuts stop working. This issue is not fixed even if I click outside the UXP panel. The shortcuts only start working again if I click inside the document’s image. On macOS, this problem does not occur.Is there a way to return the keyboard focus to the document with code?

# UXP defect report — cursor handling, and four missing DOM features Prepared 2026-08-20 from measurements taken inside a UXP hybrid plugin panel.Everything below was **measured in the panel itself**, not inferred: the testharness, its controls, and the raw verdicts are described at the end. --- ## Environment | | ||---|---|| Photoshop | 27.9 (Windows) || OS | Windows 11 Pro, 10.0.26200 || Plugin type | UXP **hybrid** (JS panel + native `.uxpaddon`) || Manifest | `manifestVersion: 6`, `host.data.apiVersion: 2`, `minVersion 24.2.0` || Loaded via | UXP Developer Tool (side-loaded) || Panels | two (`type: panel`), one main, one log | --- ## Summary Five defects, in rough order of impact. The first is the one that makes a classof ordinary UI impossible. 1. **`cursor` is not re-evaluated once a pointer button is held and moved** —   it reverts to the default arrow regardless of what any element specifies.2. **`cursor: url(...)` is discarded at parse time**, taking its fallback   keyword wit

# Rapport de bug — Photoshop 2026 ## TitreDélai anormal (20-25 secondes) à l'ouverture du dialogue d'impression (Ctrl+P), indépendant de l'imprimante sélectionnée ## Version de PhotoshopPhotoshop 2026 (version à jour au moment du test) — Aide > Informations système pour la référence exacte de build ## Système d'exploitationWindows 11, Dell XPS 17 ## Résumé du problèmeL'ouverture du dialogue Fichier > Imprimer (Ctrl+P) prend systématiquement 20 à 25 secondes, sans aucun indicateur visuel de chargement (pas de curseur d'attente, pas de barre de progression, aucune mention "Photoshop ne répond pas"). Ce délai est reproductible à chaque ouverture, quelle que soit l'imprimante sélectionnée. ## Étapes pour reproduire1. Ouvrir un document dans Photoshop 2026 (testé avec fichiers TIFF et PSD, Adobe RGB 16 bits)2. Faire Ctrl+P (ou Fichier > Imprimer)3. Chronométrer le temps entre l'appui sur Ctrl+P et l'affichage effectif de la fenêtre de dialogue ## Comportement observé20 à 25 seconde

Up until recently I’ve been able to drag and drop images onto my canvas perfectly fine, then it suddenly decided to start giving me this error message: “Could not complete your request because of a program error”. I opened Adobe Creative Cloud to update Photoshop, it’s using the latest version. I hid all layers and saved the file under a different name, then saved them one layer at a time, same error. I tried renaming my Photoshop folder to “Adobe Photoshop 2026.old” (I do not have an “Adobe Photoshop Beta” folder like the article described) and restarted my computer, same error. I renamed my “com.adobe.unifidedpanel” folder to “~com.adobe.unifiedpanel”, same error. I have no idea what to do.The “Learn how to fix” button under the error window doesn’t even direct me to an article on this particular issue. It sends me to a page about saving files.

Hi everyone,We are developing a Photoshop UXP plugin and have encountered an issue while creating output artboards programmatically.Our plugin supports the following output modes:✅ Single output added as a layer – Works correctly. ✅ Multiple outputs added as layers – Works correctly. ❌ Single output created as a separate artboard – The original artboard becomes corrupted. ❌ Multiple outputs created as separate artboards – The original artboard becomes corrupted.IssueWhenever the plugin creates one or more separate artboards, the original artboard is unexpectedly modified.The new artboards are created successfully, but the original artboard no longer remains intact. Some of the original artwork appears to be moved or reassigned into the newly created artboards, causing the original design to be altered.This behavior occurs only when generating outputs as separate artboards. The same processing pipeline works correctly when outputs are added as layers.EnvironmentPhotoshop: [Your Photosho

CANON R8、レンズはSIGMA 12-24/4.5-5.6 Ⅱ キャノンDG　HSMをキャノンのアダプターで接続し写真を撮っています。RAWデータ(拡張子はCR3)をphotoshopで開こうとしたところ、『photoshopが認識しない種類のファイルです』と出てcamera rawが立ち上がることすらしません。 photoshopバージョン：27.7.0 20260514.r.11 fa4476d  x64 (final、Release)camera rawバージョン：14.5.0.1177 フォトショップをアンインストール後再インストールもしましたが変化はなく、camera rawの最新バージョンであるCamera Raw 18.3.2 をダウンロードをしてみましたが、フォトショップのヘルプ→プラグインで確認するとなぜか14.5.0.1177のままです(アプリ、パソコン再起動済み)。以前は普通にcamera rawで開けていたはずなのでバージョンアップ関連の問題かなと思いましたが、調べてもよく分からず、、、。 教えていただけると幸いです。よろしくお願いいたします。

Has anyone encountered this issue recently?In Photoshop, when I use the Lasso tool or Brush tool, a single click causes the cursor to misclick or jump around randomly. It’s making it impossible to select or draw accurately.

Hi everyone,in a Photoshop 2026 UXP plugin I want to export an artboard (or layer) as an jpeg image. Same function as right clicking an artboard or layer and selecting “Export As” choosing JPG with quality 6.I am using Photoshop 2026 27.4.0 on OSX with M1 CPU. UXP 9.2.0 and UXP Developer Tools 2.2.1I just found a method to export a whole document using document.saveAs.jpeg() method. But I do not want to export the whole document, just a few artboards inside it.I tried duplicating the document and using document.crop() method on the copy. But the crop method doesn’t do anything, the document with and height are the same after crop(). See here:/* Non working example of using document.crop()*/await core.executeAsModal(async () => { const document = app.activeDocument; console.log(`Document size before crop: ${document.width} x ${document.height}`); const res = await document.crop({top: -61, bottom: 660, left: 8753, right: 9934}); console.log(`Document size after crop: ${

I have my plugin on Adobe marketplace but when someone installs the plugin the plugin icon not visible in the installed popup and instead a placeholder visible .How to fix and place my icon

 I need to convert .psd files to .json and this must support smart objects, this means, data should contain warp information.I was able to extract the relevant information but I can't do it with the smart objects.What do I need to take into account to achieve this?Is there any language and library that will make it easier for me to complete the job?.  

I am developing a Photoshop UXP panel plugin, but the panel icon does not appear.The plugin itself loads correctly, but the icon for the panel is missing.I checked my manifest.json, especially the icon settings, but I cannot figure out what is wrong.Am I defining the panel icon incorrectly?Here is only the relevant part of my manifest.json with private details removed:{ "entrypoints": [ { "type": "panel", "id": "my-panel", "label": { "default": "My Plugin" }, "icons": [ { "width": 23, "height": 23, "path": "icons/panel-dark.png", "scale": [1, 2], "theme": ["darkest", "dark", "medium"] }, { "width": 23, "height": 23, "path": "icons/panel-light.png", "scale": [1, 2], "theme": ["lightest", "light"] } ] } ], "icons": [ { "width": 48, "height": 48, "path": "icons/plugin-dark.png", "scale": [1, 2], "the

Currently, Photoshop names Generative Fill layers using the full AI prompt, which often results in very long file names appearing in the document tabs. This makes it harder to quickly navigate between multiple open files.Proposed Solution:Instead of displaying the full prompt in the file name tab, use a short identifier such as:“AI Layer” or a simple symbol/icon indicating AI-generated contentThe full prompt can still be preserved in:Layer metadata Properties panel Tooltip on hoverExpected Outcome:Cleaner, more compact file tabs Faster file navigation in multi-document workflows Reduced visual clutter without losing prompt dataThis keeps the interface minimal while still retaining all the important information in the background.

Adobe Photoshop Version: 27.5.0 20260314.m.3457 1720e4b  x64 (beta, PublicBeta)Windows 10Steps:Select something with the marquee tool, or other selection tool click “Select Inverse” in the contextual task bar use the brush tool on the selection try to press crtl + z or other keyboard shortcuts it doesn’t work! for some reason!I wanted to type out a more detailed description with more examples but I somehow submitted this before I was done typing. This has actually been happening for a while but I just was ignoring it.I cannot figure out how to consistently get the keyboard shortcuts working again other than waiting for a while and clicking seemingly random things on the screen. 

1. When will the next version of Photoshop be released after updating to 27.5?2. Why is there no date in Settings > Installed Apps after successfully updating to 27.5?

I’m having an issue with the new Rotate Object feature in Photoshop Beta 27.6.0.The option is grayed out in the Contextual Task Bar, and I can’t click it.Here’s what I’ve already checked/tested: Photoshop Beta 27.6.0 Creative Cloud Pro account RGB 8-bit Rasterized layer & smart object Tried it in Transform mode Tried a brand new file with a transparent background Color profile set to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 Tried both PNG and JPG Tried it with my own object image Also tried it with a free Adobe Stock image, and it still did not work

After 30 years of working with photoshop, content aware fill is acting odd. It fills in the desired area with strange  mixes of the sampled content. It used to pick up one what was in the edges and intelligently fill in the blanks. I am using the same techniquest I’ve been using for DECADES. I want to emphasize again that I’ve been using this app for a VERY long time and this is not user error. You folks need to review this and fix it. I added this under “Photshop Developers” but I am talking about the

I built a UXP plugin for Photoshop 27.5 on Windows. The panel renders perfectly, I can see all the UI elements, buttons, sliders, everything. But nothing is clickable. The entire panel is frozen.Other plugins installed on my machine like AI Lab and Color Designer work perfectly with full click interaction.Things I have tried:Installed via CCX through Creative Cloud Developer mode off and on sp-theme wrapper pointer-events auto in CSS Official Adobe plugin ID from Developer Console apiVersion 2 in manifestMy manifest has manifestVersion 6, apiVersion 2. The plugin ID is registered on Adobe Developer Console. Single index.html file with all JS inline.What is different about a properly working plugin that would cause clicks to work vs mine being frozen?

Hello, I would like to use the Photoshop API for my project, but I'm not sure how to get started. Our company already has an active Adobe Creative Cloud subscription (enterprise/team plan). I'd like to know: 1. Do we need to sign up for a separate API access, or is the Photoshop API included in our existing subscription?2. Where can I obtain the API credentials (Client ID, Client Secret, etc.)?3. Are there any additional costs or usage limits associated with the Photoshop API?4. What is the correct process to set up a project on the Adobe Developer Console and enable the Photoshop API?5. Is there any official documentation or quickstart guide you would recommend? Any guidance or step-by-step instructions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Add the ability to paint brush strokes as lines, like in Fresco. When you draw a stroke in Fresco and hold at the end, a perfect line is drawn using your current brush. The only way to accomplish this now in Photoshop is to either Shift-tap (which draws a line from your starting point but with no indication like a rubber band) or to create a path then stroke the path with your brush. Both of these methods are outdated and cumbersome. The Fresco method is much easier and modern.

Hello Adobe,I’m developing a UXP plugin that normalizes transformed text layers (similar to Free Transform → Apply behavior). The goal is to recreate the text layer cleanly with the same visual appearance — same text, font, color, and point size, but without transformation.While this works perfectly using ExtendScript (JSX), in UXP the results are inconsistent:The new text appears much smaller than the original when the source layer was a paragraph text (area text).Multiple new layers are created at random positions far from the original location.The effective visual font size calculation based on boundsNoEffects vs. a clean text layer width seems unreliable in UXP.It appears that UXP’s text creation and measurement APIs (batchPlay, bounds, textKey.textShape) handle paragraph text differently than JSX, breaking proportional scaling and position tracking.Could you please investigate or confirm if this is a known limitation of the UXP Photoshop API?We need consistent behavior between JSX

Hello everyone,I am getting started in Photoshop plugin development, i am a C developer but even with the documentation I cannot understand at all how Photoshop Xcode projects works, I'm trying to have a basic "from scratch" project by creating a macOS bundle (exported as a plugin), added the necessary infos in info.plist (like the plugin type) and a minimal PiPLs.json is /Ressources/  But I cannot get the plugin to even show up at all in the list of filters, the PluginMain function doesnt do anything particular, and i'd like to understand the requirements so a photoshop plugins shows up in the filter list. I could not understand that from the example projects.Thanks a lot !(Photoshop 2026, ,macOS,sdk 2026 v2) 

I want to create an automation in n8n where I can upload a PSD template file containing dynamic variables, and the system will automatically apply the data inside that template. I created a developer account, but I don’t see any option to purchase the required API service. Once I’m able to access the API, I will start working on this project. any one can help me to do that.

Hi everyone  ! I am trying to do an uxp plugin for photoshop, and in that project I a m trying to recreate a script I made as an extended script to automate some actions. One of them I do pretty often is to move a layer inside a group once I made some changes. Such as :  if (cameraLayer.parent !== infoATCGroup) { cameraLayer.move(infoATCGroup, ElementPlacement.INSIDE);But I do not see any of this in the documentation for uxp and when I use what I see in the plugin Alchemist while moving a layer intoy a group, it does not work and occurs an error  when I try to use the same syntax in my uxp plugin. Here is an exemple of what I see with Alchemist : const {executeAsModal} = require("photoshop").core; const {batchPlay} = require("photoshop").action; async function actionCommands() { const result = await batchPlay( [ { _obj: "move", _target: [ { _ref: "layer",

Hi everyone,I’ve been working on a custom UXP plugin called ChatGPT Bridge (v1.0.0). It loads successfully in Adobe UXP Developer Tools, but when I load it inside Photoshop (v26.7.0) the panel appears — yet it’s completely blank. No HTML content is rendered.Setup details:- Plugin name: ChatGPT Bridge- Version: 1.0.0- Photoshop version: 26.7.0- Manifest version: 5- Files included: `manifest.json`, `index.js`, `bridge-panel.html`- Folder structure is correct, and the plugin loads fine in UXP Dev Tools without errorsIssue:When I open the panel in Photoshop, the JS code runs (alert tests confirm this), but `bridge-panel.html` never displays. The panel window is visible but empty.Troubleshooting done so far:- Verified manifest structure and file paths- Confirmed HTML file exists and is referenced correctly- Replaced `.png` icon with `.ico` format per Photoshop UXP requirements- Tested with `document.body.innerHTML` to check if the HTML is being read (no visible output)- Restarted Photoshop

Here's an example using the active document name without extension:   var docName = app.activeDocument.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, ""); var d = new ActionDescriptor(); d.putString(stringIDToTypeID("textData"), docName); executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("textToClipboard"), d, DialogModes.NO);    P.S.: Rather than assuming the ruler units, it's often safer to explicitly set them:   var w = app.activeDocument.width.as('px'); var h = app.activeDocument.height.as('px');   var origRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits; app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.INCHES; // Units.PIXELS etc var w = app.activeDocument.width.value; var h = app.activeDocument.height.value; app.preferences.rulerUnits = origRulerUnits;