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TeaSquare
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May 30, 2026
Question

Using arrow keys on "Canvas Size" attempts to resize by a hundredth of a pixel

  • May 30, 2026
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My workflow for Canvas Size has always been using the up/down arrow keys to resize by one step at a time. However, recent updates to the UI have made it so the numbers nonsensically move 0.01 pixels at a time:

Pressing “down” changes the value from 1366 to 1365.99

If I go into Preferences > Technology Previews and uncheck “Enable Modern User Interface”, I can restore the classic interface which functions as expected – pressing ‘down’ once moves the value down by one pixel:

Pressing “down” changes the value from 1366 to 1365

This solves the problem for the time being, but I am concerned that a future update will force the “modern” UI with its attendant issue. Is there a way to force the modern UI to iterate only by whole pixels?

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A few addn’l notes:

  • Obviously an image cannot have dimensions a fraction of a pixel. Once “OK” is pressed, it rounds to the nearest whole; i.e., in the first screenshot pressing “OK” at 1365.99 px just results in a width of 1366 px.
  • The “Image Size” UI behaves as expected - the arrow keys iterate the size by whole pixels instead of 1/100 of one.

    1 reply

    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 30, 2026

    I can reproduce the issue. 

    It does seem like a bug that will hopefully merit the effort to get fixed. 

    Trevor.Dennis
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 31, 2026

    It’s kind of weird that the beta v27.8 m.3556 version does not have the issue.  Adding Shift to the up and down arrow keys in the release version does what it is supposed to do but starting from the erroneous default it goes from 0.01 increments to 0.1 increments.