Annoying issues with Photoshop Latest Version

Floating bar is annoying because it blinks in and out of existence. It is distracting.
I wish there was an option to dock it, like on the top bar or the side.

Docked here would be nice.

that floating toolbar placement is just the dumbest, and to enable it by default is even worse.

Thanks, @jane-e . I may need that - there weren't many keys left that I don't already use 😉

@D Fosse wrote:

So now I've set up keyboard shortcuts for the adjustment layers I use the most.

A second option if you forget a shortcut and for the less important ones is to click the button at the bottom of the Layers panel:

Just as a general comment, I had several minor issues with 24.5, on both my working machines. Sticky drag, inactive and greyed out adjustment layers in the panel (which is bad enough as it is now), and some small lags and delays here and there.

So I nuked it, uninstalled and wiped all preference files and folders, reinstalled, and took twenty minutes to set it all up again with fresh preferences.

That's what it took, I'm happy to say. Everything is now back to normal and working as it should.

Stll, this has to be the most problematic release I've seen so far.

1. Turn it off using Window > Contextual Task Bar

2. What is 'not good enough' . You will need to show some examples, I would suggest in a separate thread, where it has issues. There is never though going to be a single press feature that works on every image.

3. White blocks when masking - sounds like a GPU issue. Try Preferences > Technology Previews and Deactivate Native Canvas, press OK and close and restart Photoshop. If that makes a difference, then update your GPU driver and then reactivate.

Dave