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cheriem11423923
cheriem11423923
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January 5, 2016
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Can't select layers

  • January 5, 2016
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I can turn layers off and on, but I can't select any of them to make adjustments. Any suggestions?

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Correct answer cheriem11423923

You're either going to have to turn off "Auto-Select" on your Move tool, or click somewhere on your image where there is content. When you left-click with Move tool with the Auto-Select option on, it selects that layer that first has content below where you click. If there is no content below where you click, you will be selecting nothing (i.e. you will be deselecting everything). The Background layer does not count as this is a layer that cannot be moved, thus the Move tool ignores it.


Thanks Brett. While selecting/deselecting the Auto-Select button per your suggestion, I noticed the Show Transform Controls box next to it was unchecked. I checked it, and I'm in good shape now. Thanks for taking the time to help.

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rpandita
rpandita
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January 5, 2016

Hi cheriem11423923,

Greetings.

Regards

Rohit

cheriem11423923
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January 5, 2016

No, I'm using CS5. I do need to update it. Thanks for the link. The error message I'm getting reads "Could not select a layer because the point you clicked on is not inside the vector mask of a visible layer."

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