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Ronaldheichou3
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December 11, 2018
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Stroke option is grayed out

  • December 11, 2018
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I can't access the stroke options dropdown or any other dropdowns when I select the path selection tool. It's mostly grayed out for reasons I don't know. I have path selected while using pen tool and in the path is selected in the path window. What am I doing wrong?

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Correct answer Semaphoric

Those options are only available if you have selected "Shape":

    

A plain Path can be stroked or filled via the Paths panel, but these are not "Live" as with Shape layers. However, they can be stroke with any painting tool — Brush, Sponge, Clone Stamp, Eraser, etc.

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Trevor.Dennis
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Community Expert
December 11, 2018

Right click the path in the paths panel, and choose Stroke path.  Use the drop down to select the tool you wish to stroke with.

Note, you need to set the brush size and properties before doing this

Ronaldheichou3
Participant
December 11, 2018

When you open Photoshop are these icons usually grayed out? Or is a setting or something turned off on my Photoshop?