How do I disable black dotted box when using move tool in photoshop 2024?

[Scientist_PSUCOM]

How do I disable black dotted box when using move tool in photoshop 2024 on macOS? I already tried the “Preferences > Tools > Show Transformation Values > Never” option- this only removed the width and length values, not the actual box. It's very annoying, it prevents me from moving the layers at times. 

[Myra Ferguson]

The vertical rectangle in your image that's made of black dashes is the visual representation of a marquee selection that you can make with the Move tool when you press on the mouse while drawing a rectangular selection When you make a marquee selection, any object within that rectangle would be selected. Alterantively, you can click on an object to select it or select it in the Layers panel.

[Scientist_PSUCOM]

Hi Myra, thanks you for your response. I am aware that this is a selection box, I was trying to figure out if it's possible to disable this while using the move tool. My goal is to have the move tool function as move only, not move and selection at the same time. 

[Myra Ferguson]

In the Options bar (Window > Options), you could deselect Auto-Select.

[Myra Ferguson]

I should add that this dashed rectangle is not an active selection which would be represented by "marching ants" which uses smaller dashes. An active selection can be removed by deselecting -- going to Select > Deselect or pressing Command (macOs) or Ctrl (Windows) + D.