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bobhalverson
Inspiring
October 13, 2025
Question

Is there a way to hide the position indicators on the marquee tool?

  • October 13, 2025
  • 3 replies
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When I am pasting in something I copied wit the marquee tool. I need to be able to *SEE* the area to poisition it correctly.

Those pop-up black boxes that indicate the horizontal and vertical positions are often IN THE WAY.

Is there a way to disable or hide them?

3 replies

Greg_S.
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 13, 2025

  I don't know of any way to do that.

Greg_S.
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 13, 2025

You can use the arrow keys to move the selection.  The position box will not appear.

bobhalverson
Inspiring
October 13, 2025

I want to position the paste with my mouse -- don't want the arrow keys.

bobhalverson
Inspiring
October 13, 2025

Here is an image showing the issue.

The indicators obscure an area I need to see to properly position my paste...