Object duplication - Photoshop CC 20.0.0

[radekbx2]

Why a duplicated object moves to the left, when I duplicating something? It's very annoying to move it back to the same position. Is it possible to switch this feature off? I'm using duplicating to do a different versions of the same object, so I need to stay on the same place like original object.

Thank you.

[Bojan Živković]

Can you provide more details, please? What kind of layers and which method/command you are using to duplicate. I tried to reproduce the problem using Ctrl + J shortcut without success, duplicated items do not shift to any side.

[radekbx2]

You're right, CTRL+J duplicate the right way. But I'm mostly using duplicating this way>

It has the same effect, like duplicating through the Layer navigation>Duplicate. it is Interesting, that duplicating of folders to another artboard is perfect. All the objects in the folder remains on the same position like in original composition.

[radekbx2]

Truth is, that duplicating has another error:

if you work on another artboard (Návrhová plocha in Czech) and duplicate some object, it duplicates to the first artboard 😞 It doesn't matter if you use CTRL+J or duplicate it the same way like me.

[Bojan Živković]

On my side Ctrl + J is working as expected with two artboards in the document.

Dragging layer onto Create a new layer icon and right click > Duplicate Layer... are producing strange behavior, the item is duplicated to the first artboard.

[ChristopherButler]

There are two known bugs with layer duplication within an artboard. A fix is in the pipeline for both:

• Layer Panel: Dragging a layer cell to the new layer icon at the bottom of the Layer Panel.
• Duplicate Layers Dialog: selecting a layer and then using the main menu or context menu. If you duplicate to the same artboard (e.g. Artboard 1 to Artboard 1), the layer may duplicate to (hidden) canvas coordinates instead. Auto-nesting into another artboard may follow.

In the meantime, try Option-Drag to duplicate the layer, either on-canvas or in the Layer Panel. Cmd-J should also work.

[ChristopherButler]

On another thread, it has been pointed out that Ctrj-J/cmd-J works for SINGLE layers, but not for groups. The fix that is in the pipeline will also fix this.