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ulrikg2
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May 21, 2012

P: Move tool targeting imprecise

  • May 21, 2012
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Move Tool annoyance in Photoshop CS6.
I use the move tool alot in my work, with high fidelity mockups for interface design. I rely on precision and predictability in my workflow. In Photoshop CS6 with the move tool set to auto-select layer, i would suspect the move tool to select the excact element im targeting at which it doesn't. it automatically selects nearby elements, which is a HUGE annoyance and disturbance. It ruins the workflow, and it's unpredicable.

Is there at least an option to remove this behaviour and just make it precise as in previous versions of photoshop?

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    Rawcookiez
    Participant
    November 6, 2013
    I agree with him, not only its not precise, in Photoshop cc even if you hide the layers and you start to select a range it would start selecting the hidden layers underneath and opens up all the folders. huge bug!
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    October 21, 2013
    C'mon Adobe, still no fix? This issue lowers productivity.
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    ulrikg2Author
    Participating Frequently
    September 19, 2013
    11⁄2 years waiting for nothing... Now my company has upgraded to CC. Problem fixed, BUT now the "Zoom when sliding mouse from side to side" is the new issue. Cant seem to switch it off. Again this is an introduction of a new behaviour that has been working fine in many generations that is now changed without possibility to switch off.
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    Anonymous
    September 19, 2013
    waiting sooo long.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    September 16, 2013
    just want to chime in to hopefully encourage the PS team to hurry the #@% up. this bug sucks; what a disaster "upgrading" to CS6 has been. In my experience it's the buggiest PS (or rather PoS) upgrade yet.

    It's definitely not just auto-slect. I right click with the move tool all the time to quickly select layers visually instead of scrolling up and down a layers palette full of 100s of layers. Oh, how useful! You're showing me 25 other nearby layers! Joy!
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    September 2, 2013
    This issue plus a gazillion more like this one.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    September 2, 2013
    Yes, the fix is being implemented in the next major release. I mean, given that we've already payed for this piece of sh*tware, why would they bother fixing it sooner.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    August 13, 2013
    http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketch/
    - I've switched for UI work.

    And Macaw isn't far off release I hear.
    http://macaw.co/

    Photoshop wont last as the tool of choice for web designers - they don't listen to us, and they're a bloated company that has to charge high prices to survive.
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    christianmagill
    Participant
    August 13, 2013
    This issue is a huge pain for UI work. Not sure why such an issue would take over a year to address.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 14, 2013
    It seems very illogical why you wouldn't give the end user a way off turning this "feature" off. Extremely annoying when designing UI's or any other documents where tight spacing is required.
    Another example of a big company failing to respond to user feedback.

    Another criticism, why don't your software teams share code. Some of the features in Fireworks, such as convert marquee to path, are far superior to their equivalent in Photoshop.
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