Right click menus not available on PS 26.1.0 on iMAC with Sequoia OS

[margaret_8038]

I am using a brand new iMAC with iOS v15.1 Sequoia, and the right click menus are not working at all in the layers panel. I cannot get any other right click menus at all on the UI. My computer is updated to the latest OS and the Photoshop is also updated to the latest version. I meet all the memory requirements for running PS.

Any way to fix this? Thanks in advance!

[creative explorer]

@margaret_8038 just giving you the heads up, you have placed this comment in the wrong section...it Adobe XD...you may want to post this in the Photoshop section. 

@kglad can you move this to the respective section?

[kglad]

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.

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[margaret_8038]

Thanks for the tip. It has been a challenge finding the right place to post the question. Got the correct answer here BTW. 

[margaret_8038]

Thanks for letting me know, it was a challenge navigating the site. I will move the question. 

[Conrad_C · Accepted solution]

Troubleshooting questions to help  narrow down the cause:

• Are the contextual (right-click) menus working in any other Mac application, or are they failing only in Photoshop? 
• Do the context menus pop up if you Control-click, which should always work? 

If right-clicking in any application does not work but Control-click works, I think the cause is that right-click is not enabled by default on a new Mac out of the box or for a fresh macOS reinstallation. In either case, you need to make sure it’s been enabled on your new Mac. Open macOS System Settings, and what you click next depends on what kind of input device you are using.

• If you’re using a mouse, click Mouse settings and make sure right-click is enabled. Note: The option might be called “Secondary click” because on some mice the contextual menus can be popped up with any button on the mouse, not just the right mouse button. 
• If you’re using an Apple trackpad, click Trackpad settings and under Point & Click, set up the Secondary Click option for how you want the menus to pop up (two-finger tap, tap bottom left corner, or tap bottom right corner). 
• If you’re using a stylus (such as on a Wacom tablet), use the tablet’s own settings software to make sure secondary click is enabled for the button of your choice on the stylus or tablet. 

If any of those fixes it, that means the problem was not related to Photoshop specifically; the problem was that secondary click had not yet been turned on in macOS (system-wide).

[margaret_8038]

Thank you so much, this fixed it. I did test other applications and they also did not work with rightclick. Went to the settings as you instructed and changed the setting and now it works. I am new to Apple again after decades of Windows, have to relearn some things.