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PS 25.3.1 - Layer name visibility truncated

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January 8, 2024
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Just recently purcased Photoshop and wanted to check if this simptom is universal to everyone.

The problem is that the layer name is truncated, for example if I name a layer "Layer x" the Y letter looks like a V, the text field is more narrow than the letter.

Also if I type underscore in the layer name I can't see it, I don't know if I typed an underscore or a space etc.

Is this the behaviour for everyone?

I used Photoshop a few years ago, maybe 5-6 years ago and I don't remember this issue.

Thx

Windows

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Myra Ferguson

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I tested it in Photoshop version 25.3.1 on Windows 10, and I see the same thing--it gets cut off when you type, but appears as it should after you press Enter.

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Adrian_suricateAuthor

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Yeah, so aparently this is how it works now, I have a colegue that has an old 2018 version, and he sent me a screenshot, the layer name is not truncated...

In creative cloud I can go back to version 22.2, but it is still truncated, more so you can see that the layer color bleeds on the top of the layer below, they probably changed something at some point and never got it right again.

My main issue with this is that most of the time I need to rename layers made by other colegues, mostly replace spaces with undescores and I can't tell at a glance if I made a replacement or not, Imagine having 3 or 4 words and letters with spaces in between that need to be undescores.

If you guys have older versions to check it would be interesting to see which version worked properly last.

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

In the meantime, as a workaround, you can use a script. A custom keyboard shortcut can be applied to an installed script:

#target photoshop
s2t = stringIDToTypeID;
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('targetLayers'));
r.putEnumerated(s2t("document"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("targetEnum"));
if (executeActionGet(r).getList(p).count) {
    var layerName = prompt("Enter the Layer Name:", activeDocument.activeLayer.name);
    activeDocument.activeLayer.name = layerName;
} else {
    alert('No layer selected!')
}

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

davescm

Community Expert

Yes it is truncated in height here while typing, although after 'enter' the complete font is revealed. PS25.3.1 in Windows 11.

I also checked v24.7 and v22.5.9 and they were the same.

Dave

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Adrian_suricateAuthor

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I found 2018 version was working properly, I wonder which was the last version that worked.

I checked 5 versions in creative cloud and all work the same.

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

It's OK for me on Mac Monterey (12.7.2) and Photoshop v2021 (22.5.9) and v2024 (25.3.1).

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Adrian_suricateAuthor

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Interesting, can you please share a printscreen with a layer with Y in the name in edit mode(double clicking on the layer name)

Do you see undescores while you type them?

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

Interesting, can you please share a printscreen with a layer with Y in the name in edit mode(double clicking on the layer name)

Do you see undescores while you type them?

By @Adrian_suricate

Yes, it all works as expected on my Mac:

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