Layer mode select stays selected

[BetelJio]

Hello, this is a little hard to explain so I will do my best. I am running PS CC 2018 on Windows 7.

When I select a layer mode (e.g. multiply, overlay), the layer mode box stays selected, so when I use certain buttons they won't work. I need to press Enter to 'confirm' and de-select the layer mode box. It's a small issue but it really affects my work flow, is there any way to stop this from happening?

[Guest]

Moving to Photoshop

[Guest]

Hi

Not that I'm aware of, I just hit the Esc key

[Bojan Živković · Accepted solution]

It is Windows bug for a long time and it affects any selectable drop-down list in Photoshop. I haven't found any workaround but I found that this can be actually advantage sometimes to use keyboard shortcuts (up and down keys) to cycle through blending modes.

[BetelJio]

Thankyou to everyone. It looks like there is nothing to be done about it; let's just hope it can be fixed sometime in the future. Thankyou Bojan Živković​, it will be beneficial to try and see the positives

[stephens22034924]

I'm really hoping this gets fixed. It's pretty frustrating when I select a blend mode, then press a hotkey (like "B" for brush) and it doesn't register because the blend mode selection menu is still active. This and the alt-key menu popups are absolutely infuriating. It's a broken workflow and really slows us down. 

[stephens22034924]

I forgot to mention, these are windows-only problems. Not a problem on Mac.

[r-bin]

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[nathan080808]

Yes this is an annoying/timewasting feature. Please add an option to turn this off 🙂 

[Rudy5CB5]

Hello ! 

Still no fix for this bug ? We're in 2023.. 🙄