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Move tool not working all of a sudden

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September 9, 2017
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I have CS5 on my mac. Just yesterday my move tool stopped working.

When I add for example, a stone to a new layer and select the move tool, the square appears around the stone.

when i try to move the stone, nothing happens. I can resize it, but not move it.

i am on the correct layer.

I had no problem doing this before.

Any suggestions are appreciated!!

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Correct answer davescm

Hi Sandra

I'm slightly puzzled as, with Auto-Select unchecked then the Group/Layer option does nothing.

If the issue re-occurs with Auto-Select still unchecked try resetting the move tool :

Dave

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jb78643142

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I just wanted to add to this as I was having this problem of the move tool resizing box not appearing all of a sudden. For me, I just had something selected from the wand/marquee tool that must have been so small that I couldn't see it. I hit CTRL+D to deselect and my move box reappeared.

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michaelsimpson_ms

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Thanks. That worked for me and was much easier than the other suggestions - but then while I continued working the same issue kept recurring one in a while. While I love this quick tip I find the whole issue unsatsifactory and I woukld mark this discussion "unresolved" if I could.

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marielac36132520

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Good evening, I have Windows and I have installed Abode PS, I cant drag the circle that has text on the picture as background. I have tried all these experiences ypu hve wrote , also the reset and nothing happens. Any help for Windows?

davescm

Community Expert

Hi I'm not sure which circle you mean. Can you show a screenshot and describe further what it is you are trying to do.

Stephanie5D24

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I have a Mac and have tried all of the above solutions without avail. The Marquee tool will select the image I'm trying to cut and drag to a separate tab, but it only shows the dotted outline when I drag it to the second tab. Any additional help?

davescm

Community Expert

Hi Sandra

Could it be that you have auto-select layer switched on in the options bar and are trying to drag a transparent section of your layer?

If not, can you show a screenshot including your toolbar and options bar

Dave

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sandrar16Author

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Dave

thank you for responding.

because of your comment, i looked at the option bar. i did not have auto select layer switched on, but i have Group vs Layer on.

now that i changed to group, it works.--at least for now!!

Thank you again!

davescm

Community Expert

I am having the same problem.

When I use the move tool and drag a photo form one tab (Tab B) to the destination (Tab A) within PS nothing happens. Here are the steps I am taking.

Move Tool, click on photo in Tab B, drag move tool to Tab A. After a few seconds, the view on PS changes from Tab B to Tab A but the photo does not appear as a layer within Tab A. I followed the steps above and no luck.

The photo in Tab A is a RAW file. The photo in Tab B is a jpg.

Adobe PS CC 2017.1.1.

Hi Y

You have missed a step

Move Tool, click on photo in Tab B, drag move tool to Tab A. After a few seconds, the view on PS changes from Tab B to Tab A. Whilst still holding down the mouse drag down over the image in Tab A and release

Dave

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