want layers to auto-raise

[judy04]

My layers have suddenly for not reason (that i know of) stopped auto raise.   How can I get them to go back to auto-raise.

       (In truth I'd never have chosen auto-raise, but after years and years with it, it's very hard to re-adjust.)

thanks,

Judy

[jane-e]

@judy04 

I think something got lost in the translation. What is "auto-raise"?

Jane

[Stephen Marsh]

@judy04 

Please post screenshots or otherwise clarify or list step-by-step the issue.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Hi Judy.  My guess is that you might be talking about Auto-Select.

I think most experienced users find Auto-Select annoying, and prefer to work with it turned off, and instead, Ctrl clickan area in the document window to select the relevant layer.

Is that what you were referring to?  If not, a screen shot would be helpful, as Stephen suggested.

[judy04]

Yes, auto-raise  (it's called auto select in the computer community).   And yes, I found it very annoying at first.   But I've gotten used to it over the years, and then suddenly, recently it stopped.   And I don't get the same options that you show ie no auto-select option.   I'm using Photoshop (Beta).

 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Yes, auto-raise  (it's called auto select in the computer community).   And yes, I found it very annoying at first.   But I've gotten used to it over the years, and then suddenly, recently it stopped.   And I don't get the same options that you show ie no auto-select option.   I'm using Photoshop (Beta).

 

By @judy04

Please post a meaningful screenshot in which the Move Tool is selected. 

[judy04]

thanks;  I think my reply didn't post as a reply, but it's below.

[jane-e]

@judy04 

The forum software strips out images from email replies. Please use a reply window in the web interface and click the insert image button at the top of the window.

You have the Brush tool selected. Auto-Select is for the Move tool, not the Brush tool.

Jane

[judy04]

I think the photoshop term is auto- select.   When your cursor is over a layer it pops to the top and becomes the one you're editing on.   

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Please post the requested screenshot with the Move Tool (the four arrow-icon) selected. 

[judy04]

My question is not related to the auto-raise with the move tool (works perfectly).

It's a layer 'thing'.   With auto-raise (or auto select), it you move the cursor ove a layer it comes to the top and is the active layer ie changes will happen on that layer automatically.   More 'normal' is you have to click somewhere on the layer to make it active ie the one you're working on.   I want to go back to auto-raise;  I did nothing to change it.   Thanks for looking at it.

[jane-e]

My question is not related to the auto-raise with the move tool (works perfectly).

By @judy04

Auto-select only works with the Move tool. See Step 1 on the Help page. Please show the screen shot that was requested by @c.pfaffenbichler .

Details here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/selecting-grouping-linking-layers.html

Select layers in the document window

You can also select a layer or layers directly from the document window.

1. Select the Move tool 
2. Do one of the following:

   • In the options bar, select Auto Select, then choose Layer from the drop-down menu, and click in the document on the layer you want to select. The top layer containing pixels under the cursor is selected.

   • In the options bar, select Auto Select, then choose Group from the drop-down menu, and click in the document on the content you want to select. The top group containing pixels under the cursor is selected. If you click an ungrouped layer, it becomes selected.

   • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) in the image, and choose a layer from the context menu. The context menu lists all the layers that contain pixels under the current pointer location.

Jane

[judy04]

As I said NOT what I'm asking at all - NOT using the move tool.   It's whether you have to select the layer IN THE DOC WINDOW or does it just automatically rise to the top when your cursor is over it (NO CLICK).

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Please post screenshots to clarify what you mean. 

And please post them on the Forum, don’t include them in email-replies. 

[judy04 · Accepted solution]

I have to apologize for this post and to thank all of you who have responded assuming I was having problems with the move tool.   My problem was that I had stopped and forgotten to restart an external file called "XMouse2000" which imitates in Windows the behavior of XWindows in Unix which I used to work in.   This program makes the window (or layer in PS) active without raising it, but whatever your cursor is over becomes what you're editing.   I didn't realize it was that program that was controlling the PS behavior that had changed and thought it was an update of Photoshop Beta which I've been using.   Again, thank you so much to those who spent time answering and sorry.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Good to read that it’s sorted.