Photoshop keeps asking me to select a layer that's already selected

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Hi everyone,I work with mockup templates daily, and since around October 5, 2026, every time I double-click a Smart Object layer to edit it, Photoshop keeps showing this error:"Select the Mockup base layer and try again."The problem is that the layer is already selected, as you can see in the screenshot.If it happened occasionally, I wouldn't mind, but it's happening constantly, and it's getting really frustrating. I rely heavily on shortcuts to speed up my workflow, and this keeps interrupting it.Has anyone else been experiencing this since early October? Could a Photoshop update have caused this issue?Has anyone found a fix?

Srishti Bali · Answer

Hi ​@carolnitraThank you for reaching out and apologies for thisexperience.To help us narrow down the cause, could you please confirm a few details?Your exact Photoshop version and operating system version.Whether this happens with all mockup templates or only specific ones, and whether they come from the same provider.Whether you are double-clicking the Smart Object thumbnail itself in the Layers panel when the error appears.Whether you use any actions, scripts, or plugins with these mockups.Whether the issue began immediately after a Photoshop update.As a quick test, please create a new document, add a regular pixel layer, convert it to a Smart Object, and double-click its thumbnail to open it. Let us know whether the same message appears. This will help distinguish a mockup-specific issue from a broader Smart Object editing problem.

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