My images randomly move a couple pixels to the right or left

[nickiguess]

Hello Everybody! I'm not really sure if this is even considered a bug? But i've been working on photoshop for a while and i keep having this really annoying problem.

I've been working on Photoshop version 26.1.0.121, i'm on Windows 11 version 23H2.

Basically, every once in a while i find the x and y positions of the Transform property of my shapes and images being very slightly different than what i've set them to.

For example, i've recently been working on this elipse shape that has an x position of 1500, and sometimes i randomly come back to it just to find it either at position 1497 or position 1503, which is REALLY annoying because i have to keep checking every single thing individually to know if it's well placed

It's always an offset of 3 pixels in either direction, and i don't really know what could be causing it

For a bit of additional info, i already know that the arrow keys CAN move objects slightly but this is not the case, since it happens even (and it seems more often) when the object is NOT selected in the layers tab, so it couldn't be that. I really hope someone can help me fix this REALLY annoying problem i've been having, thank you so much!

[Sameer K]

Hey, @nickiguess. Welcome to the Photoshop Community. I'll help you figure this out. Please share the system info from Photoshop Help > System info > Copy and paste into a text document > Upload and attach here. 

Does this happen with specific documents, after a particular action, or when using a tool? I've moved it to discussion for now; if we can identify specific steps, workflow, or triggers for this behavior, I'll move the post back to bugs. Also, do you work with a stylus or a regular mouse and keyboard?

For now, ensure there are no stale preferences in your Photoshop. Go to the location of the preference folder below and rename it to backup.

• Windows 10/11: Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop [version]/Adobe Photoshop [version] Settings
• You can press Press the Windows key > Enter 'Run' > Enter %APPDATA%\Adobe
• Rename the Adobe Photoshop folder by adding a .old at the end. (Adobe Photoshop 2025 > Rename > Adobe Photoshop 2025. old), You can restore these preferences later if needed.(https://adobe.ly/4860qM9)
• Restart the computer.

These changes will give a fresh start to Photoshop as a fresh install. Let me know how it goes.

Thanks!

Sameer K

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[mglush]

Hi Nick!

While Sameer is working on figuring out why this is happening, I have a quick idea that might help in the mean time. Have you tried locking the layer after you have placed your shape? If you haven't tried that, hit the lock icon at the top of the Layers panel and lock that layer. Let us know if after doing this if it stops the movement or if you are still having the issue?

Michelle