Existing since 3 years and still not solved on all platforms. Happens on every Windows computer I own, different hardware on all of them. Reported to have been fixed months ago but absolutely no change whatsoever in this behaviour which still makes photoshop borderline unusuable.
I'm really sorry we haven't been able to resolve this yet. Could you let me know which version of Photoshop you have installed on your Windows computers? It would be super helpful if you could share the System Info from one of the affected machines. You can find it in Photoshop under Help > System Info. Just copy the info to a text file and attach it to your response. Also, if you could share a video of the issue, that would help us try to reproduce it on our end.
If you need me to get on a video call to show you anything about the affected systems I will literally do that, I have been dealing with this annoyance for years.
Affected versions: Every version of Photoshop since at least 2019. This includes 26.3 and 25.12.1 (the two I have currently installed) but also every other version of 25, 24, etc. Other relevant information: Windows 10 Home / Business both affected, Windows 11 Home affected Hardware: All different hardware. I have systems with Intel i9 12700k, i9 12900k, MSI motherboards, dell motherboards, Bluetooth mouse (Logitech Anywhere MX3), Hard-wired USB mouse. All NVIDIA GPUs but RTX 3060 FE, RTX 4080 Laptop, RTX 3080 FE. PCs themselves from all different manufacturers, this happens on Dell, MSI, Acer, Asus, etc.
None of these things make any difference, the bug occurs on all systems equally. None of them have a tablet or any tablet drivers. Some users mentioned issues with Wacom drivers potentially causing this, FYI I have never had a Wacom (or any other) tablet installed on any of these systems.
I'll note that the thread linking this behaviour above is from 2021 so this bug has been known for 3+ years and not fixed.
I will post the systemInfo, but again, this happens on all of my PCs so I expect this is a software issue and not a problem with any of the affected machines. I have had at least 6 separate systems over the past 5 years all from different manufacturers and this issue has existed in every single one.
Adobe Photoshop Version: 25.12.1 20241213.r.994 e7ca8b4 x64 Number of Launches: 276 Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit Version: 10 10.0.19045.5371 System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:7, Stepping:2 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-VNNI, HybridCPU(8:8), HyperThreading Physical processor count: 16 Logical processor count: 24 Processor speed: 2496 MHz Built-in memory: 32536 MB Free memory: 20856 MB Memory available to Photoshop: 25005 MB Memory used by Photoshop: 70 % Crash Handler: Adobe DCX Version: 7.24.8 SAM SDK Version: 9.1.0.1-fio ACP.local Status: - SDK Version: 4.0.0.3 - Core Sync Status: Reachable and compatible - Core Sync Running: 7.4.0.31 - Min Core Sync Required: 4.3.66.28 Live Edit Client SDK Version: 4.0.4 OpenColorIO version: 2.3.2 C2PA library version: adobe_c2pa/0.12.2 c2pa-rs/0.32.5 NGL Version: 1.38.0.10 Chalkboard: Disabled. Chalkboard Doc Create: Disabled. D3D12Warp renderer: Disabled. Alias Layers: Disabled. Highbeam: Disabled. Image tile size: 1024K Image cache levels: 4 Font Preview: Medium HarfBuzz Version: 7.3.0 TextEngine: Unified Text Engine ======= GPU Native API stable: True OpenGL API stable: True OpenCL API stable: True GPUDeny: 0 GPUForce: 0 useGPU: 1 useOpenCL: 1 isGPUCapable: 1 isGPUAllowed: 1 GPUName: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU GPUVendor: NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU UNKNOWN, NVIDIA IsNativeGPUCapable: 1 IsOpenGLGPUCapable: 1 IsOpenCLGPUCapable: 1 HasSufficientRAM: 1 GPU accessible RAM: 11,997 MB Required GPU accessible RAM: 1,500 MB UseGraphicsProcessorChecked: 1 UseOpenCLChecked: 1 Windows remote desktop: 0 Windows available feature level: 12.1 Windows required feature level: 12.0 Windows has required feature level: 1 Display: 1 Display Bounds: (0, 0) -> (1920, 1200) Display scale: 1.25 Main Display Display Type: SDR Display Profile: sRGB IEC61966-2.1 ------- Sniffer output [0 ms] Launch GPUSnifferThread
Accented Edges 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Adaptive Wide Angle 25.12 - from the file “Adaptive Wide Angle.8bf” Angled Strokes 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Average 25.12 - from the file “Average.8bf” Bas Relief 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” BMP 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Camera Raw 17.1 - from the file “Camera Raw.8bi” Camera Raw Filter 17.1 - from the file “Camera Raw.8bi” Chalk && Charcoal 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Charcoal 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Chrome 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Cineon 25.12 - from the file “Cineon.8bi” Clouds 25.12 - from the file “Clouds.8bf” Color Halftone 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Colored Pencil 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Conté Crayon 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Craquelure 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Crop and Straighten Photos 25.12 - from the file “CropPhotosAuto.8li” Crop and Straighten Photos Filter 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Crosshatch 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Crystallize 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Cutout 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Dark Strokes 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” De-Interlace 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Dicom 25.12 - from the file “Dicom.8bi” Difference Clouds 25.12 - from the file “Clouds.8bf” Diffuse Glow 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Displace 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Dry Brush 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Entropy 25.12 - from the file “statistics.8ba” Export Color Lookup Tables 25.12 - from the file “Export3DLUT.8be” Extrude 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” FastCore Routines 25.12 - from the file “FastCore.8bx” Fibers 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Film Grain 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Filter Gallery 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Fresco 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Glass 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Glowing Edges 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Grain 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Graphic Pen 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Halftone Pattern 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Halide Bottlenecks 25.12 - from the file “HalideBottlenecks.8bx” HDRMergeUI 25.12 - from the file “HDRMergeUI.8bf” HSB/HSL 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” IFF Format 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Ink Outlines 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” JPEG 2000 25.12 - from the file “JPEG2000.8bi” Kurtosis 25.12 - from the file “statistics.8ba” Lens Blur 25.12 - from the file “Lens Blur.8bf” Lens Correction 25.12 - from the file “Lens Correction.8bf” Lens Flare 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Liquify 25.12 - from the file “Liquify.8bf” Matlab Operation 25.12 - from the file “ChannelPort.8bf” Maximum 25.12 - from the file “statistics.8ba” Mean 25.12 - from the file “statistics.8ba” Measurement Core 25.12 - from the file “MeasurementCore.8me” Median 25.12 - from the file “statistics.8ba” Mezzotint 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Minimum 25.12 - from the file “statistics.8ba” MMXCore Routines 25.12 - from the file “MMXCore.8bx” Mosaic Tiles 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Multiprocessor Support 25.12 - from the file “MultiProcessor Support.8bx” Neon Glow 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Note Paper 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” NTSC Colors 25.12 - from the file “NTSC Colors.8bf” Ocean Ripple 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” OpenEXR 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Paint Daubs 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Palette Knife 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Parametric Filter NO VERSION - from the file “MaterialFilter.8bf” Patchwork 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Paths to Illustrator 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” PCX 25.12 - from the file “PCX.8bi” Photocopy 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Picture Package Filter 25.12 - from the file “ChannelPort.8bf” Pinch 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Pixar 25.12 - from the file “Pixar.8bi” Plaster 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Plastic Wrap 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Pointillize 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Polar Coordinates 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Portable Bit Map 25.12 - from the file “PBM.8bi” Poster Edges 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Radial Blur 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Radiance 25.12 - from the file “Radiance.8bi” Range 25.12 - from the file “statistics.8ba” Render Color Lookup Grid 25.12 - from the file “Export3DLUT.8be” Reticulation 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Ripple 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Rough Pastels 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Save for Web 25.12 - from the file “Save for Web.8be” ScriptingSupport 25.12 - from the file “ScriptingSupport.8li” Shear 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Skewness 25.12 - from the file “statistics.8ba” Smart Blur 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Smudge Stick 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Solarize 25.12 - from the file “Solarize.8bf” SP Substance Suite NO VERSION - from the file “MaterialSuite.8li” Spatter 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Spherize 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Sponge 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Sprayed Strokes 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Stained Glass 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Stamp 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Standard Deviation 25.12 - from the file “statistics.8ba” Substance 3D Viewer NO VERSION - from the file “Substance3DViewerForPs.8bi” Sumi-e 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Summation 25.12 - from the file “statistics.8ba” Targa 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Texturizer 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Tiles 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Torn Edges 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Twirl 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Underpainting 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Vanishing Point 25.12 - from the file “VanishingPoint.8bf” Variance 25.12 - from the file “statistics.8ba” Water Paper 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Watercolor 25.12 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf” Wave 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” WIA Support 25.12 - from the file “WIASupport.8li” Wind 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf” Wireless Bitmap 25.12 - from the file “WBMP.8bi” ZigZag 25.12 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Optional and third party plugins:
SuperPNG 2.5 - from the file “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\Plug-ins\SuperPNG.8bi”
Duplicate and Disabled plugins: NONE
Plugins that failed to load: NONE
Unified Extensibility Platform - Extensions:
Home Screen (Loaded) 8.2.0.2 - from the file "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe/UXP/Extensions\com.adobe.ccx.start-8.2.0\" CmdN: 1.22.26 UAB: 2.18.0-8 Loaded at: 107 ms - launch time impact: 31 ms ccx-timeline (Prepared) 3.1.12.0 - from the file "Required Folder" CCX Commenting UXP Webview (Loaded) 30.7.0.0 - from the file "Required Folder" Loaded at: 3070 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms CCX Sharesheet UXP (Prepared) 30.15.0.0 - from the file "Required Folder" In app notifications (Loaded) 2.0.25.0 - from the file "Required Folder" Loaded at: 111 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms Content Credentials (Loaded) 0.46.0.0 - from the file "Required Folder" Loaded at: 2924 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms CC Libraries Panel (Prepared) 4.9.105.0 - from the file "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe/CEP/Extensions\CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_4_9_105\" CAPTURE: 2.0.41 STOCK: 4.2.6 Parametric Filter (Loaded) 0.1.8.0 - from the file "Required Folder" Loaded at: 3071 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms Photoshop Adjustments Panel (Loaded) 2.2.6.0 - from the file "Required Folder" Loaded at: 3071 ms - launch time impact: 1 ms Photoshop UXP Export-As (Prepared) 5.10.0.0 - from the file "Required Folder" Photoshop In App Messaging (Loaded) 4.4.22.0 - from the file "Required Folder" Loaded at: 3071 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms Information Alert (Prepared) 0.5.0.0 - from the file "Required Folder" Photoshop Selection Feedback (Prepared) 0.5.0.0 - from the file "Required Folder" Plugins Panel (Prepared) 1.6.9.0 - from the file "Required Folder" IC popup message (Loaded) 1.0.0.0 Loaded at: 2312 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms Multilayer Protection (Loaded) 1.0.0.0 Loaded at: 2312 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms Discover Panel (Loaded) 2407.105.0.20 - from the file "Required Folder" Loaded at: 3073 ms - launch time impact: 15 ms Neural Filters (Registered) 1.15.0.100 - from the file "Required Folder" Scan time: 0 ms - entries: 34
Extensions:
Libraries 1.0.0 - from the file “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_4_9_105\index.html” com.adobe.stock.panel.licensing-embedded 4.0.35 - from the file “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_4_9_105\extensions\stock-panel-licensing\index.html” com.adobe.capture.extension 2.0.41 - from the file “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_4_9_105\extensions\capture\capture.html” Export As 4.8.15 - from the file “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\Required\CEP\extensions\com.adobe.photoshop.crema\index.html” Export As 4.8.15 - from the file “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\Required\CEP\extensions\com.adobe.photoshop.crema\index.html” com.adobe.cclibraries.manager 1.0.0 - from the file “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_4_9_105\manager.html”
Unfortunately I did not see the prior report dated October 11, 2024.
I've logged bug PS-151750 to track this issue specifically with the Transform Handle Mouse-Up not being detected. We'll accumulate information in that bug and see if we can reproduce.
We can repro this and have something we would like you to try:
Create a text file named PSUserConfig.txt and put it into your Photoshop setting folder (C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2025\Adobe Photoshop 2025 Settings\) Paste this string into that text file: AllowCheckActualMouseDownNow 1, save, relaunch Photoshop and let us know if you can still repro the problem.
Amazing ❤️ This seems to be a fix! I have only been able to test on one of 3 workstations this evening but I will test the rest and confirm. For now, at least on this workstation the PSUserConfig.txt seems to have resolved the issue finally
I really appreciate your efforts on this. This issue has been affecting PS workflow for over 5 years.
Be advised that this patch is experimental and may have side effects. What the flag does is terminate the drag by reading the mouse-hardware directly, looking for button-up. Events which have not been processed yet would get processed later, after the hardware-driven button-up has been seen and handled, and might cause unexpected side effects, especially when working quickly. I'm just not sure how such side-effects might manifest in the user experience, and I'm much less confident of Pen-driven events with this flag enabled. It might be just fine for your purposes, but please be on the lookout for odd behavior. Thanks.
@CJButlerThanks for this clarification. At least for now it is working, but I haven't had enough chance to test it and see if there are side-effects to User Experience. In any case, as least you are able to reproduce the issue again so that maybe will help with pinpointing the actual root cause of this problem.