Marquee selection from center with Option key doesn't work

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October 12, 2022
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When using the marquee tool to make a selection, pressing the option key does not change the selection to start from the center. Instead, the selection continues to originate from the corner of the bounding box, but doubles in size. I've reset the marquee tool, reset all tools, restarted Photoshop, restarted my computer, disconnected and reconnected my tablet, keyboard and mouse. Nothing works. Same problem occurs with Rectangle (U) tool. Photoshop 23.5.1, macOS 11.6.1. Please help!

Screen_Recording_2022-10-12_at_17-07-51.zip

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Correct answer

Turns out there was a device conflict and my tablet and wireless mouse were interfering with each other. I updated to the latest drivers and the problem resolved itself. Thanks!

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Anonymous

Correct answer

Turns out there was a device conflict and my tablet and wireless mouse were interfering with each other. I updated to the latest drivers and the problem resolved itself. Thanks!

Jeff Arola

Community Expert

If that doesn't work resetting the photoshop preferences may:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html

Jeff Arola

Community Expert

Did you try using just the mouse with the tablet disconnected?

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Anonymous

Unfortunately that didn't work, and as you might be able to tell from my OP uploaded screen recording, the selection is clearly not originating from the cursor, even when Option is held down.

Jeff Arola

Community Expert

Check to make sure by putting intersecting guides and try again using the guides intersection as the starting point with the option key pressed.

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