"Could not move selection because selected area is empty"

Question

I am trying to make a photo collage. The instructions (on YouTube video) say to create a circle, then fill it with a foreground color (on its own layer). Then keep the circle selected, add a new layer, right click on it and select Stroke. Every time I right click on it to do the Stroke thing, it says "could not move selection because selected area is empty." I tried googling this and came up with a number of different answers.

Can anyone please tell me why this isn't working for me? I have deselected and selected, deleted the new layer and tried to create a new one, and so on.

Here is a screenshot. I'm working with the purple ellipsis in the center.

Bojan Zivkovic9706182 · Accepted Answer

Proceed as you normally would, but when you reach the final step (Stroke), switch to the Marquee.

Bojan Živković11378569 · Answer

What is your goal? Are you trying to add a stroke on a separate layer using the Edit > Stroke option or the right-click > Stroke command? It works for me without any issues. The only suggestion I have is to reset your preferences, as this situation seems a bit unusual.

Edit: I was able to reproduce the situation. By switching to the selection tool, such as the Rectangular Marquee Tool, before right-clicking, the error message will disappear.

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