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Eko Wardoyo
Inspiring
February 4, 2023
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How to stop auto select 'TEXT LAYER' ?

  • February 4, 2023
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Dear all,

i have googled it, and untill now, i can not found the answer, may be Google Artifical Intelegent (AI) doesn't know what i mean.

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I have auto select layer off, and everytime i use text tool to write a text, it always go to specific text layer even i have created a new layer. How to stop this behavior?

I want when i use text tool to write text, it stay in that current layer, not go to another text layer beneat it. Thanks.

Correct answer jane-e

@Eko Wardoyo 

 

  • Text will never go into a shape
  • Your cursor is an I-beam. It goes into the only existing text frame — watch for the dotted line rectangle
  • You do not nee to create a new layer for type — clicking or dragging with the type tool creates a layer

 

What you need to do is hold down Shift to force a new type layer, then click (or drag) and type. 

 

 

Jane

 

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Eko WardoyoAuthor
Inspiring
February 4, 2023

Thanks all for reply @jane-e @PECourtejoie @Imaginerie

Here is 1 minute of video of what i mean. thanks so much.

https://youtu.be/-CwTNaGkWJU

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    Eko WardoyoAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 4, 2023

    Thanks so much for you all, solved.

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      jane-e
      jane-e
      Adobe Expert
      February 4, 2023

      One other thing to mention is to look at your cursor. If it is an I-beam, you are about to click in a current text frame. If it has a dotted-line rectangle around it, you are about to create new text.

       

      Jane

       

        PECourtejoie
        PECourtejoie
        Adobe Expert
        February 4, 2023

        Hi, @Eko Wardoyo and welcome back in here! A video or an annotated screenshot of the problem might help us help you faster.

         
        Let my give you the solution to what I guess is your problem: In order to create a next text layer next to an existing one, shift-click with the text tool. 
        It will force the creation of a new text layer and avoid re-selecting the previous one.

        More text tool tips:  https://jkost.com/blog/2020/09/30-tips-tricks-and-shortcuts-for-working-with-type-in-photoshop.html

          Imaginerie
          Imaginerie
          Adobe Expert
          February 4, 2023

          Hello!

          Does it still do the same if you are hitting the "ESC" key before choosing the text tool the second time?

          ESC means it unselects the initial type frame, and therefore opens a new one when you click with the text tool.

            jane-e
            jane-e
            Adobe Expert
            February 4, 2023

            @Eko Wardoyo 

             

            One reason this happens is that the frames overlap. We haven't seen your file so we can only guess.

            • You can double-click the "T" icon in the layers panel to select the text in the layer you want
            • or you can lock the layer that you keep clicking in
            • or you can try reordering the layers in the Layers panel
            • or if you are using paragraph text you can resize the frames (type tool) to make sure they don't overlap (resizing point text will resize the text itself)

             

            Do any of these help? If not, please give us more information and a screenshot.

             

            Jane

             

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