Align layers to artboard

Question

I just upgraded to Photoshop 2024 and now I cannot align layers to their artboards. I used to be able to select a layer and then select the artboard in the layers panel and then click the align center button or whatever and it would align the layer to the artboard. There is no option to do that now.

Additionally, the align buttons are all hidden in a dropdown menu. This makes it way more difficult to use.

Is there a way to change the way this works back to the old way?

Stephen Marsh · Answer

Select the artboard "folder" or the layer to align within the artboard "folder".

Select All.

Select the layer to align, then align to selection as required.

Photoshop can only have 1 canvas, the canvas contains all arboards as artboards are just a programming trick/hack based on layer groups, they are just like a mask/window revealing a smaller area of the entire canvas.

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