As far as I can tell we are stuck with the behaviour that Shape Layers are not displayed within the document’s bounds in the Layers Panel currently.

What do you mean by »generic icons«, though?

Could you please post a screenshot to illustrate the issue?

Its a simple task to convert the shape layer to a solid color layer with a vector mask. An action perhaps using the foreground color you first set. Add a stroke style when needed

c.pfaffenbichler wrote:

 

For me at least Solid Color Layers with Vector Masks display identically to Shape Layers.

Yes if you add a solid color fill layer. However if you add an empty layer the use edit Fill to fill it with a color. Then Draw out a Path and use Layer>Vector Mask>Current Path  like my action what do you get....

MSSDedalus wrote:

 

Yes, if you select the Move tool and then "show transform controls" in the shape layer you can see this, the bounds are restricted to the shape layer, but please do the same with the converted "to old way" and look at the bounds of the transform controls. I can't get them to be the same.

OK to get it now to look like the old way the actual layer I used was an empty layer the I filled with a color so the layer is canvas size so in that cast you need to work with the vector path. To Transform the Vector Path. Transform Path.  I can not seem to capture the screen in Windows. The closest I can capture is:  With the vector mask targeted Edit Free Transform Path or Ctrl+T will put the transform bounds around the shape not the layer.

With the way CS6 displays Shape layers if you target the shape layer and do a ctrl+t  or menu item Edit>Free Transform you get the interactive Free transform bounds you want.  If you want an interactive transform in you script I would think you could use the scriptlistner code generated for the Ctrl+T step.   If you just want to resize the shape some percentage I would think  making the shape layer the active layer and getting the active layer bounds that you could resize the layer some percentage. Being  its a shape layer Photoshop might do the resize using vector.

I don't know why the old look in the layers palette is so important to you when with the new look Ctrl+T gives you the transform bounding box you want in the image window|tab.

This script seems to resized my shape layer  to 50%  each time I run it.

var startRulerUnits = preferences.rulerUnits;

preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;

var LB = activeDocument.activeLayer.bounds;

var LWidth = (LB[2].value) - (LB[0].value);

var LHeight = (LB[3].value) - (LB[1].value);

alert("width = " + LWidth + " pixels Height = " + LHeight + " pixels");

var percentageChange = 50;  

activeDocument.activeLayer.resize(percentageChange,percentageChange);

preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;

Message was edited by: JJMack

I was going to post that it should work as Chris says, but I see that there's a bug in 13.1.2 where the shapes fill the icon regardless of that setting.

-Noel

If you do a view fit on screen don't you also see the shape in the image window|Tab in addition of seeing the shape in the layers palette. Not only do you see the position over the canvas you see it composited with the other visible layers.  If the old view is so important to you use a prior version of Photoshop,  If your automating things prior versions of Photoshop have fewer bugs then CS6.  CS6 is the buggest version of Photoshop ever released.

Noel Carboni wrote:

 

Okay, I guess I can generalize my comment to "this is a bug in Photoshop CS6 13.x" then.

 

I believe Adobe knows about it.

 

-Noel

It more like the change they made when they change tools icon mouse pointers Adobe knows their new UI is an improvement.  Abobe like change no they love change like changing what indicated which is targeted in a layer the contents or the mask. Adobe does not care if they impact users work-flow their new way is always better.  They will remove Thumbnail Content option next for it does not work.

I have high regards for Adobe software engineers. I even believe some in Adobe support would like to do a better then they are allowed to do.  I believe its Adobe management that is preventing bug from being fixed.   If the leaders would allow the troops to fix the bugs I'm sure the troops would be up to the task.

I'm sure the troops would love to build a better mouse trap for it gives you a real good feeling when you build something good that you can have pride in.  However the troops also have families that relay on them.  Their promotions and raises depend on them being evaluated well by management.  When management places high value on change and no value on fixes you get bug ridden products like CS6. Only major problem that crash the app get fixed.

Let me go on a bit more.  Large corporations like Adobe have lots of management the problem is at the top management level the executive level.  Managers that actually manage the troops is not where the problem is at and the troops can not contact upper management.  Upper management has seen to that.