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Tanja2014
Inspiring
February 26, 2018
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Photoshop settings issue - Mask layer double click

  • February 26, 2018
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hello,

today i let someone work on my system and when i came back i could not get to the mask layer editing by double clicking it.

he said there was a message window poping up and he just pressed ok.
so i guess for some reason PS asked him (after month that i worked with it) how it should handle a double click on the mask layer.

normaly when i double click on the mask layer, PS displays the mask layer and can paint on it. now PS just shows to the properties panel.

how do i get the old behavior back?

i reseted the warning dialogs already (in the preferences) but that did not help.

i really don´t want to reset all of photoshops settings. there must be an easier way... right?

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    pets
    pets
    Inspiring
    December 10, 2019

    the double click option is annoying, i disbled it, thanks! never knew...

    i got into troubles with huge 100 and 150MP files, when the mask editor opened, and i double clicked by accident so many times, and the mask editor was stuck, due to heavy rendering, 

    the mask editor is very slow with large raws.

    Thomas Bachor
    Thomas Bachor
    Known Participant
    November 8, 2018

    In the preference window choose Tools > The uncheck the option "Double Click Layer Mask Launches Select and Mask Workspace"

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      Anonymous
      February 26, 2018

      What version of Photoshop and OS do you have, can you post a screenshot with the layers panel opened

      Have you tried resetting PS preferences

      Preferences in Photoshop

        c.pfaffenbichler
        Community Expert
        c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        February 26, 2018
        so i guess for some reason PS asked him (after month that i worked with it) how it should handle a double click on the mask layer.

        Hopefully you don’t really believe that …

        Anyway, check out

        Photoshop > Preferences > Tools > Double Click Layer Mask Launches Select and Mask Workspace

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          Tanja2014Author
          Inspiring
          February 26, 2018

          c.pfaffenbichler  schrieb

          so i guess for some reason PS asked him (after month that i worked with it) how it should handle a double click on the mask layer.

          Hopefully you don’t really believe that …

          Anyway, check out

          Photoshop > Preferences > Tools > Double Click Layer Mask Launches Select and Mask Workspace

          i have seen stranger thing with PS.

          he is someone who normaly don´t messes with people.

          thanks for your idea.... but i don´t want to launch the select and mask workspace. i want to see the layer mask in the working area and be able to paint on it.

          the default behavior when you install PS.

          alt click on the mask layer and the mask is displayed instead of the image.

            c.pfaffenbichler
            Community Expert
            c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            February 26, 2018
            but i don´t want to launch the select and mask workspace.

            Sorry for the misunderstanding.

            double click on the mask layer and the mask is displayed instead of the image.

            On Mac the default for displaying a Layer Mask seems to be different, in my experience it’s alt-click, not double-click.

            But as Ged Traynor recommended, resetting the Preferences should revert to the default settings.

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