Path selection tool not working in one click photoshop CC 21.1.2 mac

[Sofia M]

Where I used to be able to select any shape from any artboard in one click, and the layer would be highlighted and I could quickly and easily copy that shape to another artboard, now I can only select shapes/paths by clicking and dragging, which often picks up more than one path.

If I double/triple lclick/angrily click repeatedly, sometimes it will select the path, but there's no real rhyme to it. Using shift enables me to direct slect a point on a path, but I can select the hole path.

This is really slowing my workflow down.

[jane-e]

• Which tool are you drawing the paths with (such as Pen, Rectangle, Ellispse, etc.)?
• And which mode do you have in the options bar — Shape, Path, or Pixels?
• If you are able to select a point, then you may be using the Direct Selection tool (white arrow) instead of the Path Selection tool (black arrow).

It may help if you show a screen shot — including the Paths, Layers, and Tools panels.

~ Jane

[Sofia M]

It's ANY shape that I've created - I should be able to use the black arrow (which is defintely what I'm using) to click on any shape or path and select it in one click. And I can't. I can only use that tool to select a previously created shape/path if I click AND drag.

[Sofia M]

[Sofia M]

This happened after I updated to the most recetn version. And when I do manage to select a shape using this tool I can no longer click oof it in one click ether, it takes multiple clicks. It's so confusing. I've tried resetting preferences, to no avail. I just assumed there was something in the update that checked a box/made a perference regarding clicking that I'm not awrae of.

[Sofia M]

Sorry for all the typos!

[Sofia M]

I've just opened up the same file on Photoshop 2019 and the tool works correctly there. So it's something specific to this update, for sure. Very annoying.

Show/Hide grid was also not working for no explicable reason.