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Dabatross
Dabatross
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October 16, 2018

P: Preferences to turn off auto-commit and double click to edit text

  • October 16, 2018
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It's cool that you guys added the addition to auto commit and double click to edit text but please add into tool preferences the ability to turn this off. I just downloaded photoshop 2019 and I keep accidentally editing text instead of moving it and then when I'm rotating or scaling objects it will auto commit for me when I didn't want it to.

Also can you please put other things in preferences to like scaling using the shift key and other things that were changed for usability? People that have been using the program for a really long time are used to it working one way and then just changing it to the opposite is really tough to get used to. Would be very nice to have the option to turn these things on or off depending on if I want them to work a certain way.

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    Joel xo
    Joel xo
    Inspiring
    May 29, 2019
    Still no option in preferences, but at least now you can turn off auto-commit the same way they addressed the changes to free transform, with a PSUserConfig.txt file

    https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/enable-optional-extensions-photoshop-cc.html
    Joel xo
    Joel xo
    Inspiring
    May 29, 2019
    Still no option in preferences, but at least now you can turn off auto-commit the same way they addressed the changes to free transform, with a PSUserConfig.txt file

    https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/enable-optional-extensions-photoshop-cc.html
    Brotherwolf
    Brotherwolf
    Inspiring
    April 22, 2019


    These new feature is annoying advanced Photoshop users since it hinders our workflow because it's too easy to activate it accidentally when moving things around, specially if you work with a graphic tablet.
    Please include a way to disable it in the next update. =(
    45634563545
    45634563545
    Inspiring
    April 18, 2019
    Remember guys, whether or not you uninstall 2019 and use a more functional version, just be sure to keep paying that monthly fee! 
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    chazzcron7570391
    Participating Frequently
    April 18, 2019


    Can any of the coding geniuses behind the terminal command for killing the shift key requirement for transform (and others) find one to kill the rotate commit click blunder?
    DKTR Jeroen
    DKTR Jeroen
    Known Participant
    March 19, 2019


    This is considered a usability improvement? More efficient? Really? In
    what universe?

    This makes the process of transforming objects extremely
    frustrating. Clicking anywhere outside the transform area commits the transform, even dragging in guides.

    How about having an option in preferences or in Tool preferences to turn off Auto-commit?
    DKTR Jeroen
    DKTR Jeroen
    Known Participant
    March 19, 2019
    Very annoying. And this is supposed to be a usability improvement?!?!

    Can't even drag in guides while transforming (have to use ⌘-drag from Rulers now).

    Adobe, please stop messing around and stop adding so called imoprovements like this without the option to turn it off.

    How am I supposed to correct a transform when I click accidentally click outside the transform area? Redo it from start? Make every layer Smart Object first? Come on!
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    March 5, 2019
    You guys (as in photoshop devs) we are into you trying to think of ways to make the product better. But you HAVE to respect the people that have been using your product for decades and not change things in ways without given options to turn them on/off. I have years of muscle memory built up and it basically migraine inducing having to re-think about some of these daily tasks. 
    Double click is one of these. Great in theory but def slows me down when trying to move a text layer. Would be GREAT (dare I say vital?) to be able to turn this off. 
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    geckzilla
    Participant
    February 7, 2019
    I have adapted my habits or gotten used to every other UI change in Photoshop over the last 21 years. I have been trying for months now to accept auto-commit/commit click.

    I. Can't. Handle. It.

    I'll be zooming in real close to modify the bounding box of a crop or a transform, tweaking it little by little on a very large image and trying to get it just right when BAM. I accidentally click outside of an invisible boundary and commit. It's infuriating and tedious to have my progress thrown away and have to start over every time I do this.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    January 17, 2019
    Can confirm, this is screwing me up. I hold shift to click and move multiple text layers and sometimes it just does nothing. I reinstalled CC 2018. Let me turn this feature off.
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