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saxtonstudio
Inspiring
September 30, 2024
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Disable "View > Extras"

  • September 30, 2024
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I have been searching in vain for months and still see no answer to this issue.  View > Extras has a mind of its own, and the only way to stop it is to constantly go to View and uncheck it – literally every time you so much as touch a layer. It's incredibly annoying and distracting. Would truly be grateful for a solution.

 

PS: Working environment: Mac OS Sonoma 14.6.1, Photoshop 25.12

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Correct answer saxtonstudio

@saxtonstudio 

Can you show us what you have in the cogwheel dropdown in the options bar for the Move tool? It really looks like Hover Layer, even though you said it wasn't.

https://photoshopcafe.com/hover-layer-in-photoshop/

 

Jane

 


Jane – My drop down is clear, as you will see, but the Show Transform Controls over to the left was checked! When I unchecked that, I lost the blue boxes. How did I miss that??? Small nightmare seems to be over!

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Legend
October 1, 2024

You haven't been specific. EXACTLY what is it you can't disable?

saxtonstudio
Inspiring
October 1, 2024

I just explained it to D Fosse. It's the blue "active" box, when I'm not taking any action. 

D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 1, 2024

View > Extras is a temporary toggle.

 

You disable the individual components permanently under View > Show. And in fact you do need to have a document open in order to access most of them.

 

The exception is the new Layer Bounds on Hover, which is disabled under the cogwheel in the options bar, with the Move Tool active. (I think that should be moved to the View menu along with the rest).

saxtonstudio
Inspiring
October 1, 2024

Attached is my View > Show window. Didn't see anything there, so opened the Show Extra Options window (also attached) – Is this where the problem may lie?

 

(Side note: this never used to happen. I've been using Photoshop for decades; it's a very strange occurrence in the last several months, and I've seen that I'm not alone in my frustration!)

D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 1, 2024

It helps to be specific. What exactly is it you need to disable?

Kevin Stohlmeyer
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 30, 2024

@saxtonstudio if you are referring to the blue outline on objects and layers - that new feature isnt controlled by "Extras".

Go to the move tool and choose the gear icon in the options bar above.

Disable (uncheck) the "Hover" features.

saxtonstudio
Inspiring
September 30, 2024

I have them disabled. All of them. Hasn't made a difference.

 

It's weird because the "Extras" item keeps re-asserting itself. Constantly!

Kevin Stohlmeyer
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 30, 2024

@saxtonstudio are you making these changes without a document open?