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@Chris29379353jpz4 change this option to classic gradient
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I see. Will there ever be a time where developers will realize just because something is new, or because they are releasing something they see as an improvement - it doesn't mean everyone wants it?
By @Chris29379353jpz4
It sure might not mean everyone wants it, but an important enhancement like this is very likely to be something more users want than don’t want. So although some may not want it, it makes sense to make the new way the default, because it’s likely that more users want the vastly improved flexibility, especially in the future.
For context, Photoshop had been falling behind in this area. Easy-to-edit gradients have been available in other image editors that I use (such as Adobe Lightroom Classic, but non-Adobe software had also advanced beyond Photoshop in this area), and I am one of the users who was waiting a long time for Photoshop to catch up here. I probably won’t ever want to use it the old way again, because the new way is so much more powerful and productive.
This is not to dismiss your preference, you have a right to want to do it a certain way want. But this is to help explain why it is set the new way. Fortunately Adobe does let you still do this the old way; not all enhancements are reversible.
Adding a new nondestructive layer is a standard Photoshop way of preserving your options. It is how many of the advanced new features work (sky replacement, AI generative fill…) so that you can easily back out of an edit any time in the future and try something else without wrecking the image, or just be able to turn off the edit or do a with/without comparison.
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