Drag selection (to select multiple layers) stopped working

[Ofri Gonen]

Suddenly the dragging-selection by mouse click & drag stopped working (trying to select multiple layers with mouse dragging).

In this clip at first i show drag-selection outside the artboard - works great.

later i show click & drag for selection INSIDE the artboard -> doesn't work at all:

https://app.usebubbles.com/3AWpwXiPAhhAbQFXpwPWWP/comments-on-community-adobe-com

This is a huge issue for me - this massivly slows down my workflow... pls help! 

[nikunj.m]

Hi,

We're sorry about the trouble with Photoshop. Would you mind sharing the version of Photoshop you're using? Did you start experiencing this issue after an update to Photoshop or to Windows? Are you able to select multiple layers if you press & hold the CTRL key while clicking & dragging?

You can try to reset the preferences of Photoshop using the steps mentioned here: https://adobe.ly/2Qzc0K3

Please backup your settings prior to resetting the preferences. You can check: https://adobe.ly/2vNz6FG

Let us know how it goes!

Regards,

Nikunj

[anycolouryoulyke]

Hello, I actually am having the same issue and noticed this started happening after the update... I use a macbook and it was after I updated photoshop. Right now I have Photoshop 2022 23.5.1 Release 

[anycolouryoulyke · Accepted solution]

Nevermind. Just fixed my issue! 😄 This was not selected, after I checked it, I am able to drag and select. Hope this helps

 

[katek38471505]

OMG thank you for this! Same thing just happened to me, and I was going crazy!

[giojkd]

It's an older thread sorry for opening it again but it's driving me crazy. In my case Auto-Select is checked, I've resetted the preferences using the method mentioned above but nothing changed still not working, I'm using version 25.0.1

[giojkd]

Wrong version sorry it's 25.1.0 actually