6 Replies Latest reply on Sep 16, 2013 9:10 PM by Dirk van Boxtel

Photoshop CC: Layer Visibility Selecting

Dirk van Boxtel Sep 11, 2013 12:10 AM

Hi there, just a quick feature suggestion, hoping Adobe personnel read this!

In <CS6, you could click down on the eye-icon in front of a layer, move out of the layer tab group, move up a couple of layers, and then go back in, to deselect that layer too.

In CC, when you do this, it'll deselect all the layers in between as well.

I'm sure this is working as intended, but it was a ridiculously useful "bug" (feature!) when it wasn't working this way.

Use-case: to instantly switch between one set of layers and the other.

I know there are other options to do this with, but there's just no real reason to "remove this feature" (correct this bug?) because you already *had* the option of deselecting everything you move over in the first place.

Cheers,

- Dirk

UI/UX Designer

1. Re: Photoshop CC: Layer Visibility Selecting

Jeff Arola Sep 11, 2013 9:53 AM (in response to Dirk van Boxtel)

What version of photoshop cc are you using and operating system?
(Help>System Info and at the top of the displayed info for the photoshop version)

It still seems to work here in photoshop cc (photoshop version 14.1) on a windows 7 x64 machine.
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2. Re: Photoshop CC: Layer Visibility Selecting

Dirk van Boxtel Sep 16, 2013 7:17 PM (in response to Jeff Arola)

My point is:

It shouldn't deselect all the layers in between, because you're not hovering over the layer pallette.
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3. Re: Photoshop CC: Layer Visibility Selecting

Jeff Arola Sep 16, 2013 7:43 PM (in response to Dirk van Boxtel)

Does it work in photoshop cc if you go to right of the eye and down inside the layers panel?
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4. Re: Photoshop CC: Layer Visibility Selecting

Dirk van Boxtel Sep 16, 2013 8:53 PM (in response to Jeff Arola)

You, are a brilliant person.

Thanks so much, and a big "facepalm" at my own shrivelled mind. I should've tried this myself. Heh.

Cheers, thanks so much.

Man, I love PS CC :]
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5. Re: Photoshop CC: Layer Visibility Selecting

Jeff Arola Sep 16, 2013 8:59 PM (in response to Dirk van Boxtel)

I guess i misunderstood how you were moving the cursor, but your right in photoshop cc if i go to the left of the eye
and outside the the layers panel, then it does deselect all the layers in between.

It doesn't seem to matter in photoshop cs6 whether you drag inside or outside of the layers panel.
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6. Re: Photoshop CC: Layer Visibility Selecting

Dirk van Boxtel Sep 16, 2013 9:10 PM (in response to Jeff Arola)

Spot on.

Thanks again. Without your persistance, I would've remained stuck in my old ways and been annoyed with "the lack of this feature".

The images were the cherry on top.
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