Zoom to Layer?

[Tex Jenkins]

I can't think of the right words to search for this. I've got a huge document with tons of layers — lots of detail.

I'd like to be able to select a layer, and the press a command to move the viewfinder to center over that layer's contents. Anybody have a solution to this? I mocked up what the command would be if it existed xD

Sometimes its hard to find a layer, even with the "Select Pixels" command with all these tiny layers. And that always feels sloppy because I've got to zoom out, hide / unhide layer or something to find it — a way to focus the artboard would be nice in Photoshop.

[jane-e]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Tex+Jenkins  wrote

I'd like to be able to select a layer, and the press a command to move the viewfinder to center over that layer's contents.

Hi Tex,

Both InDesign and Illustrator allow you to make a selection and use keyboard shortcuts to zoom in on what is selected. The best I have figured out in PS is to use the keyboard shortcut for Zoom and then use Scrubby Zoom to drag to the right to zoom to where I want to be.

The forum for feature requests is here: Photoshop Family Customer Community

~ Jane

[Tex Jenkins]

Thanks, I probably should have started this latest design with InDesign. Was surprised that PS doesn’t have this.

[jane-e]

Photoshop is a raster program at its core, unlike Illustrator and InDesign which are vector at their core. That's why they behave differently in this regard.

While I don't expect it to be different from what it is, if the engineers could figure out how to zoom to a selection in Photoshop, I would be as delighted as you.

Then again, if someone has written a script or plugin that does this, I hope they speak up!

~ Jane

[Stephen Marsh]

A hack, but you can at least CMD/CTRL+Click on the layer thumbnail to load a selection, where the marching ants are at least a visible guide, then CMD/CTRL+D to deselect. Not sure if scripting offers another alternative, I give it a quick search.

[davescm]

Hi

You can submit a feature request at the link below where others can vote on it and it will be seen by teh development team.

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Dave

[Tex Jenkins · Accepted solution]

Thanks everybody, it appears this feature doesn't exist. I took your advices and posted this as a suggestion in the Photoshop suggestions forum.

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