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Adjustment panel icons missing in Photoshop

  • August 20, 2023
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The icons for the adjustment layers are missing in the adjustment panel in photoshop.  I am on PS version 24.7.  I updated PS last 23 days ago.  This just started happening today.  I have shut down and restarted photoshop and it does not correct the issue.  I checked the "Window" menu and "Adjustments" is checked.  I can go to Layer -> New Adjustment Layer and add adjustment layers, but this isn't as convenient as clicking on the icons in the panel above the layers.

Please advise.  Thank you!

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    CED CRIAS
    Participant
    September 1, 2023

    same problem for me too!

      fjmcsu_1
      fjmcsu_1
      Participating Frequently
      December 7, 2023

      Hello

      Similar issue in version 25.2 . Panel menus(all) non functional as well as the adjustment layer dropdown menu. Layer style also non fumctional but  add a mask & the  video on layers work. Reset preferamces had no effect.

      Trevor.Dennis
      Community Expert
      Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 7, 2023

      Same here with 25.2, but only the once, and it was fine after a restart.  I can't remember reading anything about what causes it. Although I did wonder if they'd had so much fun making the icons so tiny, they kicked it up a gear and made them too small to see with the naked eye.  Hey!  It could happen.

       

      I had no adjustment panel icons a few beta versions back, and that was constant all the time I used that version.  You should be able to access via the drop down if it's the Adjustment panel that has no icons,  If it's the Toolbar that has no icons, then it's all down to remembering the shortcuts.

       

       

        Myra Ferguson
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        Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 28, 2023

        You might try resetting your preferences:

         

        If that doesn't work, then try uninstalling and reinstalling Photoshop.

          D Fosse
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          D FosseCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          August 28, 2023

          This is a problem with the new adjustments panel, which apparently needs to call home every time it opens. Even switching to the "classic mode" still goes MIA on occasion.

           

          It happens to me (and many others) every once in a while. Adding an adjustment layer from the menu or keyboard shortcuts will sometimes bring it to life, sometimes I need to relaunch PS.

           

          Why does it need to call Adobe when it opens? That's my question.

            Trevor.Dennis
            Community Expert
            Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            September 2, 2023

            Dag, ISTR more people were losing toolbar icons than Adjustment layer icons.  For me it was the same as the OP, but I am not seeing the problem any more with both full release and beta versions..  I am on 24.7 and 25.1

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