Alt + click clipping not working

[vimko]

Hi there, I have a problem with clipping layers.

I have tried to clip the "ADJ" folder to the "IMG" folder, this is something I normally do using Alt+Click between the two folders, when the little arrow facing down shows up. But now, when I click alt and my cursor is located between the two folders, the little arrow doesn't appear and I can't use the clipping function.

This happened suddenly, a few weeks ago I was doing it. What could have gone wrong?

Thank you in advance.

[Trevor.Dennis]

The only way I can think of doing that with Grouped layers, is to make the clipping Group a Smart Object. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

No, it didn’t happen suddenly, Groups cannot be Clipping Masked to other Layers/Groups. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

An alternative to a Clipping Mask, as far as Adjustment Layers are concerned, is putting them above the pixel content in a Group with the Blend Mode »Normal«. 

[Diego3715356203zb]

It happened to me for many months and I don't know the reason. The ALT+click in the layers panes to use a layers as a mask is no longer an option. It's happening only in Windows 10, and it's a bug. But for many months is still happening.

[Trevor.Dennis]

The shortcut is Alt Ctrl G.  That will clip the selected layer to the layer beneath it in the stack.

Alt Ctrl G will also unclip a currently clipped layer.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Thinking about this some more, if you say this is not working, can you see the shortcut if you right click the layer? I am not sure that would be conclusive — I have repurposed shortcuts, and they still appear in the menus against their original function.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

It happened to me for many months and I don't know the reason. The ALT+click in the layers panes to use a layers as a mask is no longer an option. It's happening only in Windows 10, and it's a bug. But for many months is still happening.

By @Diego3715356203zb

As that is obviously not the case for many other Photoshop users could you please post a screenrecoring or screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible to illustrate?