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November 24, 2021
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When i add a text to a picture now i cant rotate it.The box dont even show up.I did a search and didnt find anything helpful.

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Correct answer Bojan Živković11378569

With Move Tool active check Show Transform Controls in the Options bar. Will that work for you as quick workaround?

I can not reproduce problem on windows, when holding down Ctrl box is showing up.

Jeff Arola

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What version of macOS are you using?

You need to have the Type layer active to see the bounding box.

For example, if you double click on the type layer in the layers panel, then hold down the Cmd key, do you see the bounding box?

Or if click at the end of the text in the document area, as if you were going to add more text, then hold down the Cmd key, do you see the bounding box?

Bojan Živković11378569

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With Move Tool active check Show Transform Controls in the Options bar. Will that work for you as quick workaround?

I can not reproduce problem on windows, when holding down Ctrl box is showing up.

robbyn30297452Author

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Thank you sir. Never even saw the show transform controls box. I checked it and it works. Thank you all.

Jeff Arola

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After you add the text, but before you commit the text, if you hold down the Cmd key, do you see the bounding box as shown below?

robbyn30297452Author

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No, when i add text and hold down Cmd key it shows a pink box around it with messurements on top and bottom and left and right.does not have a black box like it did before that lets me rotate it. screen shot of what i see.

barbara_a7746676

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Try saving the file, closing and reoping Photoshop.

If that doesn't work you could reset preferences. In Preferences > General there's a button to reset preferences.

jane-e

Community Expert

Hi

Are you choosing Edit > Free Transform (Cmd+T) ? Or Edit > Transform > Rotate? Either should work.

From Help:

Rotate a layer

From the Layers panel, select the layer you want to rotate.

If anything is currently selected in the image, choose Select > Deselect.

Choose Edit > Transform > Rotate. A box defining the boundaries of the layer (called a bounding box) appears.

Move the pointer outside of the bounding box (the pointer becomes a curved, two-sided arrow), and then drag. Press Shift to constrain the rotation to 15° increments.

When you’re satisfied with the results, press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS), or click the check mark in the options bar. To cancel the rotation, press Esc, or click the Cancel Transform icon on the options bar.

Jane

robbyn30297452Author

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I did the edit transform rotate and that works but have never had to do it that way.I have always clicked text and black box comes up around it and then i would rotate it. guess things change from last update.Never have had to use command t for it.

jane-e

Community Expert

Enable "Show Transform Controls" in the options bar. If it's not open, open it from the Window menu.

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