Photoshop 2024 Autoselecting every layer even though Auto-Select is turned off

[bj95950686]

Hello, as title states, I have an issue where when using the move tool Photoshop continually highlights and tries to select whatever layer / asset the cursor is hovering over. Auto Select has been turned off and this still happens, It's very hard to work with this as I can't get to the layers I want without going into the layer menu. 

Any help to fix this would be greatly appreciated thanks, 

[D Fosse]

Sounds like corrupt preferences and you need to reset. Remember to save out actions, brushes etc.

[Ged_Traynor · Accepted solution]

@D Fosse I'm wondering if the OP is referring to the "Show layer bounds on hover" and Show hover bounds from layers"

[Zhaowen380377855rqo]

The automatic layer selection problem that has troubled me for a while has finally been solved.
I don't know how it is triggered without a shortcut key, and I don't think I have ever turned on the second option, but anyway, your screenshots are useful help.

[D Fosse]

Ah yes, of course 😉

[megcb39]

I had the same problem and it was driving me up the wall. It just started happening in some recent upgrade. Similar to the other answer, I had the option called "show tranform controls" checked.