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How to undo unintended double-click in a long selection

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May 11, 2010
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Hi:

This has been so annoying to me. I am using Photoshop CS4 and have to do extensive selections with the Polygonal Lasso Tool and sometimes I accidentally double click it making it close the selection that completely messes it up wasting me several minutes needed to reselect it again. Is there any way to undo this double-click that I don't know of? (The undo command undoes the *whole* selection.)

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Cyan_282

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I have poste a request (idea) here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/polygonal-lasso-gt-option-to-disable-automatic-closing-of-the-selection-by-double-clicking/idi-p/14927328

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Cyan_282

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I completely agree with you. I think it's important to be able to deactivate this automatic selection closure. Personally, this has often (very often) caused me problems.

It's now 2024 and the corresponding option still doesn't seem to be in place (alas).

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Michael_L_Hale

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You can't undo the double click but you can make sure that the 'add to selection' option is highlighted in the option bar and continue making your selection.

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DC_B__09Author

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Yeah, that's what I end up doing, although often times a simple addition of another selection doesn't fix it (in case of an intricate selection pattern).

It just dawned on me, is it possible to disable closing of a selection by a double-click?

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Michael_L_Hale

Inspiring

There is no way to disable double clicking from making a selection.

You could do as Wolf Eilers suggested and use the pen tool instead of the poly lasso tool. That would have the advantage of not making a selection until you are ready. You could also edit the path and use curved lines as well as the straight one to make a more intricate selection. Another advantage is the path can be used to make the selection again if ever need.

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Anonymous

Use the "step backward" command under Edit. You can step back around 16-20 actions. I was using a few minutes ago making a tornado from a tutorial.

CHEERS...Mathew

Hi:
This has been so annoying to me. I am using Photoshop CS4 and have to do extensive selections with the Polygonal Lasso Tool and sometimes I accidentally double click it making it close the selection that completely messes it up wasting me several minutes needed to reselect it again. Is there any way to undo this double-click that I don't know of? (The undo command undoes the whole selection.)

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DC_B__09Author

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mdharg wrote:
"step backward" command under Edit. You can step back around 16-20 actions
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If I were you, I'd definitely up it to some bigger number in Edit -> Preferences -> Perfomance.

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Anonymous

Last week I built a poster that was 27 layers and lots of other crap. I could not figure out how to

consolidate some of it down. It violated the kiss rule and I deserved the hassles. But it printed nice as

a finished mini-poster. Most of the steps I need in photo work is kept to a minimum, and I find I just do

not need that many stepbacks.

The future may not be that rosy as I progress deeper into the CS4/5 classes at the college. That is

if I do not go broke from being out of work and survivng on unemployment. the other ugly part is

watching the photography businesses going broke and the great photographers having a tough time

on income. At 55 I have no expectations of financial survival long enough to make it through

the two year course. At least at college there are some very nice people there to keep me from

being completely isolated.

CHEERS...Mathew

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Wolf Eilers

Inspiring

Try converting the selection to a path (right click -> Make Work Path, choosing a tolerance of 2).

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Aman Vats

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This gave me a starting point. After converting the selection to work path, use the tool under pen tool as indicated in the attached image here. This will allow reshaping the path. Once unwanted selection has been put out of harm's way, simply right click the path and convert to selection.

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