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jaredc68510713
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August 2, 2018
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Funky setting when dragging new layer to corner

  • August 2, 2018
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Hi all,

I've struggled with this for years in Photoshop, and finally I'm raising the white flag and trying to get rid of this stupid setting. I hope it's something that can be changed.

When I copy a section from an image, and paste it as a new layer, I'll drag it to a place on the image. However, if i'm dragging it to the corner or a border of my image, it likes to do this sensitive magnet type movement. There are a certain amount of pixels from the border of the picture where Photoshop won't let you place it. It'll let you place it above that line, or it will shoot down to the border. Dumb, dumb setting. We have Photoshop because we're needing perfection, and forcing your new layer at the border when it's NEAR the border is not for perfectionists.

Sorry for my rant, and thanks so much!

Jared

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Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

What are your settings for

View > Snap

View > Snap to > …

And have you tried ctrl-moving to avoid the snapping?

Or using the arrow-keys?

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
August 2, 2018

What are your settings for

View > Snap

View > Snap to > …

And have you tried ctrl-moving to avoid the snapping?

Or using the arrow-keys?

jaredc68510713
Participant
August 2, 2018

ctrl+arrow works. Wow. And my settings for the snap function were all enabled, so I took those away. Thanks so much man!!

c.pfaffenbichler
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Community Expert
August 2, 2018

ctrl+arrow works.

dtrl should disable the snapping when simply dragging, using the arrow keys (with shift if a higher offset is intended) should work on its own.

And my settings for the snap function were all enabled, so I took those away.

Maybe it would suffice for your needs to only disable View > Snap to > Document Bounds.