>I think we may know what's going on here. Are there docked panels above the area you are trying to drag objects?

I found this to be true, dragging within the same restricted area below expanded panels doesn't work.

drag within a document over the "protected" area doesn't work for me with either tablet or mouse, and restarting PS has no effect.

I have exactly the same problem. I´m using a full version of cs5, educational, but still. Very annoying. I´m using a wacom too usually, but it´s switched off and in my bag, so can´t be the pen or whatever..

i also seem to be able to select transform object and then I can move the object with the trackpad when this problem occurs.

I really think it has something to do with a driver or something, over time failing to separate the area over the button as just a button when you click (since there whole pad is a trackpad) and Photoshop somehow thinks you are touching two places at the same time and snaps back to your old position. That's my theory.

I also find that I can use the arrow keys as a workaround moving something into place.

I am also having this exact same problem. With and without a Wacom Bambo installed. Another note is that if you use the transform tool (cmd+t), you can move the selection fine. Another thing that you may not a have noticed when this problem starts is that the Quick Select Tool stops working.

Can we have a patch or some way of solving this issue without restarting Photoshop all the time.

MBP15'' + Wacom Bambo

Thanks

Bruce

[SW] is correct, by undoing and Command + then Command - corrects this "bug". Somehow this corrects this. Maybe it is something with the video card caching. CS4 was similar to other types of bugs that this fix also has corrected.

In the meantime I found this problem solved after doing an update from Photoshop:

menu Help > Updates ...

I've installed a big update, and the issue was gone.

I hope this helps!

I had the same problem with the "move tool snapping back to the original spot" with my BAMBOO Tablet. So, I consulted with our computer experts on how to resolve that problem along with some other problems I was having with my machine. Going to the extreme here, the consultants cleaned off my hard drive, installed a new operating system "snow leopard", reinstalled all my programs and now all my issues have been resolved including the CS5 move tool snapping back to it's original place.

Since I had CS3, CS4, plus CS5 installed on my machine (in which CS3 was deinstalled at one time), the consultants thought that the deinstall on CS3 left ruminants on my hard drive and that might have been creating some of my issues including the CS5 move tool. I was also having other problems in CS5 and the consultants thought that by updating my operating system CS5 would work more efficiently. CS5 in my older operating system ran much slower and now I'm running CS5 in snow leopard and my machine is running extremely fast now.

Since cleaning off my hard drive, updating my operating system to snow leopard, updating my wacom and intuos drivers, and reinstalling all my programs, all my issues have been resolved.  I now LOVE working in CS5 and my computer is running extremely fast!

Good luck and hope you don't have to go to extreme measures like I had too!

p.s. I have an Intuos Tablet at home and it behaved the same way. Then my hard drive finally blew up a couple of months ago.  I got a new computer with the latest operating system and resintalled all my programs and updated my Intuos Wacom tablet driver and haven't had any issues since. What operating system are you running for CS5...Just a thought.

I believe it always occurs when the tablet is plugged in, after it begins it doesn't matter if the tablet is plugged in or not.   I have noticed it often occurs when I add a unique font, like a handwriting font, or I paste in an image copied from a google search.