Move tool not working?

One thing that may work if you try everything else and its not working. Make sure you are selecting the object you are trying to move. I couldn't figure out why an object was not working despite trying all of these tricks. Then I realized it had a transparent background and I wasn't clicking exactly on the image but the transparent background. So, make sure you are clicking on the image in the layer you are selecting.

For example, I kept trying to click on the inside of the heart to drag and move it but because its transparent and only the red is part of the image I had selected, it would not move but kept forming a lined tool box. Once I clicked on the red it moved, no problem.

The Move tool pop-up demonstration shows a layer that’s smaller than the canvas, but you’re moving a layer that’s the same size as the canvas. Because your image is the same size as the canvas, it has nowhere to go when you move it, so at least one side ends up sliding under the canvas edge, and on the other side it reveals any underlying layers or transparency. That’s what your screen shot shows.

If you want to see the same kind of movement you saw in the Move tool demo, you can either first reduce the size of the layer so that it’s smaller than the canvas, or you can choose Image > Canvas Size and increase the canvas size so that the layer has room to move without getting clipped on any side.

Hi

You have one layer "Layer 0" and have moved the entire layer. That's how it's supposed to work. At some point you most likely had a background layer which got converted to a regular layer.

What are you trying to accomplish? We can help with that. First, though, use the Move tool to move the layer back so it fits in the image area. If you have not saved or closed, Undo a few times may work.

~ Jane

Why do you use the Narrow Options Bar? (Photoshop > Preferences > Workspace > Enable Narrow Options Bar)

Is »Auto-Select« checked? 

Hi there,

Would you mind checking this article and let us know if that helps you in understanding the usage of Move tool? Link: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/photoshop/how-to/selection-tools-basics.html

Thanks,

Akash