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rendarphil
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December 11, 2024
Question

Align vertical centers is only aligning to canvas

  • December 11, 2024
  • 1 reply
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Issue

  • Photoshop version: 26.1.0
  • OS: Windows 11


Steps to reproduce:

  1. Select multiple text layers that are side by side but not aligned
  2. Select Move Tool
  3. Click Align To: Selection
  4.  Click Align Vertical Centers

 

Expected result: Text layers to align vertical centers where they are located approximately 3" from top of canvas
Actual result: Text layers arer aligned and then moved to the vertical center of the canvas. If Align To: Canvas is selected, the same result occurs.

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Bojan Živković11378569
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Community Expert
December 11, 2024

I believe this will be difficult for most visitors to understand what the actual problem is. Can you explain in more detail?

 

If there is no active selection, the command (Align to Selection) aligns to the selected layers, and that functions correctly on my end. I am testing on my end, and everything appears to be working as expected.

rendarphil
Participating Frequently
December 12, 2024

Step 1 states several text layers are selected. I also added 4 screenshots. So, here it is in detail.

 

I have multiple text layers. I selected 5 that are side by side but not overlapping. While all 5 layers are selected, I click align vertical centers, the "align to:" is set to selection. It works correctly the first time I try it when I open the file. After that, it no longer works the way it is supposed to but rather aligns to the center of the page. I have to save my file and reopen it for it to start working correctly again. This is very tedious. I am a 30+ yrs photoshop user, so I am not a novice. This is a bug.

Bojan Živković11378569
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 12, 2024

I was able to reproduce the issue. On my second, third, and subsequent attempts to align, it does not align to the canvas but anyway fails to center properly; the alignment is off.