Photoshop won't allow me to edit a text layer

[nlavecchia@winston]

When I select a text layer, select the text tool and click on the text, it does not allow me to edit that text. Instead it creates a new text layer. ??????

[louisam47240556]

THANKS SO MUCH I ALSO WASTED 30 MINUTES ON THIS

[PECourtejoie]

Hi, as you begin, it is important to check the informations that Photoshop gives you: the T in the layers panel as the icon for the text layers you can edit, for instance.

[gregdaydreamt]

where do you click for that? I go to settings, then, history & content credentials, and there's no "clear Rasterize layer" option

[jane-e]

where do you click for that? I go to settings, then, history & content credentials, and there's no "clear Rasterize layer" option

By @gregdaydreamt

The History panel (Window menu) shows you the steps you have done while you are still working in the document. By default, it records 50 steps, but that number can be changed in Preferences.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/undo-history.html

You will not find "Clear Rasterize Layer" in the History panel unless you rasterized a layer within the previous 50 steps. Rasterize means convert vector into pixels. If type is rasterized, it cannot be edited. A much better answer is "do not rasterize your text" if you want to edit it.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/rasterize-type-shape-layer.html

Jane

[Leslie Moak Murray · Accepted solution]

Try placing the cursor just after the first letter in your type layer and using the back arrow to get where you want to be (or the forward arrow, depending), and the type layer instead of a new layer will be the active area:

[Linns2]

Thank you so much Leslie! How  did you discover this 'secret handshake' ?🤣🤣. I couldn't get my cursor to move between the first and second letter, but the forward and back arrows work wherever the cursor lands. Thank you very much. I had to redo each line of type before finding this. Much appreciated and hope it gets fixed.

[gshooty]

This makes no difference.  It still creates a new type layer.  Why your "secret handshake" worked for Linns2 I have no clue it did not work for me.  What I see most is I'm paying Adobe for a product to use time consuming work arounds.  That's wrong in my book.  There seems to be enough folks here having this issue without resolve that Adobe should be realizing the issue is on them.  Thanks for your input all the same Leslie.

[macamilliøn56]

Were you ever able to find a solution???? this [cursing removed by moderator] continues to be a problem for me

[keep your language civil]

[Neckman]

Today is 1-12-23 and was having the same issue and fixed it by making sure set leading is set to auto instead of 0. see attached image for reference.

[jane-e]

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@Neckman wrote:

... making sure set leading is set to auto instead of 0.

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Your issue is not the same as the OP's.

Gutenberg used typesize plus two. In your example, typical leading would be 13 pts for your 11pt type (not a hard rule). Auto leading is (by default) 120% of the point size. Zero for the leading means the lines all display on top of each other.

Best practice is to avoid autoleading and use a specific leading. Autoleading can cause a multitude of issues.

Jane

[AshtonACU]

I know this isn't the answer to your problem, but I had a similar problem and wanted to post my solution for future trouble-shooters. I wasn't able to double-click to edit text in photoshop 2023. I had artboard and a frame on the bottom layer. Apparently, the double-click text feature doesn't work if you have a frame on the artboard/canvas. The solution is to temporarily hide the frames while editing and turn them back on when you're done.

[defaultpdtxjs6hnhb3]

Having this iexact issue today, September 29, 2023.  I know that i DID NOT rasterize my text.  This is been an issue off and on for months and months and months.

Today, Adobe Photoshop had so many glitches that I wanted to screem.  My Selection Tools ARE NOT WORKING, haven't worked for over a week.  I folllowed the Reset Tools suggestions, NOPE.  

I saw a post on another issue and the poster said, "Make it easy like CANVA".  I thought, yeah, Canva is not a bad option at all to move to.  It seems that when PS touches one thing, or adds a "new" feature, a multitude of others go haywire.  Doesn't anyone test anything any more before rolling out to the masses?

[Dan263780810ymi]

The correct answer is not right at all - at least for me.  After makeing multiple adjustments to the text layer (just changing text), and saving it as a PNG file - the text layer goes "stupid" and will do exactly as the original poster (OP) indicates.  There is no secret placement of your cursor, or incantation that can correct this.  You have to use your UNDO history to go back to a point several steps before the bug occurs.  Yes - this is a bug. 

[gshooty]

I agree totally; an Adobe bug that needs to be fixed by Adobe.  In my case I have two lines of text both having their own text layer.  For whatever reason when I try to edit on the more recent layer it will snap back to the previous layer. So the obvious fix to me is lock the previous layer and all will be calm and well.  Hardly, that's when it wants to create a new text layer.  No matter what fancy little trick I try it will never place the cursor into the second layer of text... meaning you have to use your histroy feature and start that part over.  That is a bug every day of the week and it needs to be fixed!

[Lumigraphics]

Placing the text cursor can be difficult. I never go directly to the Text tool to edit text. Use the Move tool and double-click or double-click the text layer to edit. ONLY use the Text tool if you really want to create a new text layer.

[gshooty]

When I double click the text layer either with the move tool cursor or the
T cursor it always brings the Blending Options box up. When I click the
text on the artboard with the move tool it does nothing. To me this is
clearly a bug that needs to be fixed.
Thanks for your input.
Thanks, Gary
Shootys Graphix <>

[jane-e]

@gshooty 

Can you show a screenshot of your Layers panel with the two type layers visible?

Jane

[gshooty]

[image: image.png]
Thanks, Gary
Shootys Graphix <>

[gshooty]

This is the correct screenshot showing both layers.  The YouTube layer is where I'm having the issue.

[jane-e]

@gshooty 

The only type layer visible in the Layers panel is "Crazy Cluckers Farm"

Is there another Type layer (with a "T" icon) inside of a folder — or if you use your scroll bars to make the bottom part of the panel visible?

If the YouTube layer does not have a "T" icon, it is not a text layer; it's a pixel layer. If you got it from the web, was it a PNG? If so, PNG does not support text and it would be a pixel layer.

Jane

[gshooty]

That is a very good observation and I completely missed the "T" icon was not present.  Thank you Jane!  It was actually done in an ariel font, but I guess I was so busy flappin' my yap on the Adobe community board that I forgot that I rasterized the layer.  (cringe)  Sorry about that and thanks again!

[defaultp3gj6guy6kfh]

What found after having the same problem was that, there is a kind of glitch in the program. What I did was: On history, I went back some steps, until the moment I did create the text, on that point it allowed me to edit it. nope, it wasn't converted to smart before, or other things people asked you.  It was just a text.

[jane-e]

What I did was: On history, I went back some steps, until the moment I did create the text, on that point it allowed me to edit it.

By @defaultp3gj6guy6kfh

What did you see in the history after the step where you created the text that would have caused you to not be able to edit it? If you took a screenshot before you lost the history, please post it and we might spot it.

Jane

[defaultp3gj6guy6kfh]

Nothing, literally nothing. That is why I said that it is a glitch. By the moment I tried to that I was one hour behind my dead line just fixing that problem....

[Trevor.Dennis]

I can't remember seeing this happen before.  I have seen and experienced type layers freezing Photoshop, but it was not possible to step back, or indeed do anything other than end process in task manager and restart Photoshop.  

There is a Font Issue page:

https://helpx.adobe.com/nz/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-fonts-photoshop.html

And I believe Mac systems, at least, have a font checking facility.