Punctuation moves to beginning of line of text

[selfcallednowhere]

When I'm typing a line of text, if I have punctuation at the end of the line it moves it to the beginning of the line. I'm using CS6.

[maritimed]

I've been desperately trying to fix this problem. Googling and seeing your replies along with others, and ya just keep pointing out to read other pages. I tried all the links you've shared, nothing has helped! Whenever I type at the end of the sentence and do an exclamation or punctuation mark, it takes me back to the beginning. I tried changing the language settings from all world to latin and asian, nothing has helped. I don't have any paragraph option to fix which way it types like some of the screenshots show. It just started doing it this week out of nowhere. I close out of the program and go back and it does the same thing. It was working fine up until now and I haven't done anything differently. What is going on?? It's extremely frustrating since we use these programs for work and now we can't get anything done because it's so bothersome.

Here's a screenshot of me trying to type "!?" at the end of the word Drive, it just goes back to the start but it's hard to select and remove as though it were actually there at the front. Does that make sense? I don't know how to fix this and nothing I have found online has worked. HELP!

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Don’t panic. 

What have you done for general trouble-shooting so far? 

Restoring Preferences after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved might be a good starting point:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/basic-trouble-shooting-steps.html

Could you please post screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Character, Paragraoh, Options Bar, …) and the relevant menus visible? 

[EvelynTheClayArtist]

I did a chat with Adobe. Ultimately they did an over-internet control of my computer and went in to one of the files and changed the name to cause Photoshop to create a new, uncorrupted file. That fixed the problem. I wish I could tell you what file they renamed, but it happened quickly. The guy claimed it was not a bug, that somehow the file got corrupted. I am skeptical of that claim since there are many of us having the same exact problem. Bottom line, you might give control to one of their reps or at least ask what file to rename.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

If it happens again please provide the file (with just the type layer). 

The Adobe rep probably reset the Photoshop Preferences. 

[EvelynTheClayArtist]

That is correct.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

maritimed, what are the Paragraph settings? 

[Rasheed25785416kyg5]

this solved for me.

[Sukumaran5E63]

Type>Language Options>Left to Right Character Direction will solve your problem

[EvelynTheClayArtist]

That indeed sounds good but in my case the preferences file was corrupted. If it is deleted, Photoshop creates a new one and all is then well.

[slsk0D45]

This 100% fixed the issue!!!  I spent a lot of time with the other replies here and nothing worked.

This solution seemed like it wouldn't work either because I clicked on Type - Language Options - but that option wasn't available of course so I had to click "middle eastern settings" and then it became available and fixed my issue.

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!

[wellingtonr82785789]

Go to Type > Language Options > Left-To-Right text direction. 

[defaultvnjdxru7clcz]

Please watch this video, 

I have clearly explained how to fix this issue.

https://youtu.be/oGorQwFcdwQ

Good Luck!

[Jacob233616573slf]

The paragraph buttton did NOT solve this issue for me...
BUT, changing to Latin did. I will include a photo.

[4Dyce76]

Also, does anyone know why it periodically switches back to the 'wrong' way? Been using Adobe for decades, this recent changing of my type preferences without me requesting it is infuriating. Maybe with AI Adobe will learn that in 30 years I've never set my type preferences to be that way, so it would just keep my settings/workspace the same between uses. Yeah, right...

[4Dyce76]

Also, this is NOT the correct answer!!! For me the link just directs to a list of adobe applications. When going down the help pages rabbit hole this kind of thing is sub-optimal. Leads people to re-ask the same question!!

Is there anyway for users to flag this broken information or vote it down at least so people arriving here for the first time don't waste time on it? 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Also, this is NOT the correct answer!!! 

Well, apparently was the correct answer at the time. 

2017 is a while back now after all … 

[4Dyce76]

Appreciate that, but a support community with the 'correct answer' not being correct is kind of not helpful. Almost the opposite of what the support community is striving for! There must be a way of fixing / mitigating that as people are still asking this question in 2023 and clicking on the 'correct answer' in this thread is jut a total waste of time.

Perhaps you can edit the link to pull through the actual correct answer, or just delete the post as the solution is actually in the posts below and then they can be marked as correct answer? Getting to the correct info in the swiftest way is surely the goal here.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

 @4Dyce76 , I am not a Forum administrator. 

Which post do you consider the correct answer? 

[John339816220gq7]

I had the same issue. I didnt had Left to right paragraph direction button to select in Paragraph menu. This option was available only if Middle Eastern features is enabled under Language options in Type menu. But this Middle Eastern features was not available in my Type menu. To enable Middle Eastern features in PS you have to go to Edit menu, to choose Preferencies and then under the Type options to choose Text Engine Options and to switch from East Asian to Middle Eastern. Then click OK and restart PS. After that go to Type menu again, then to language options and then select Middle Eastern. This will eventually help to show up the Left to Right Paragraph direction button to choose in Paragraph menu. After shoosing Left to Right Paragraph direction, punctions goes back to the end of the line where it should be. Hope this helps.

[Charles335321863ci2]

Had the same issue in Photoshop and was fixed via TEXT > LANGUAGE OPTIONS > LEFT TO RIGHT DIRECTION.

Started going wonky out of nowhere! Drove me crazy until I found it.