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Top Layer Gets Selected No Matter Which Layer Below I Select
I’m teaching myself photoshop and am actually getting pretty good at it. I’m guessing I’ve changed a setting somehow and need some help.
Let’s say I have four layers in a composition (sorry, it’s the AE in me).
And let’s say one layer is text, one is a bkg, two are photos.BKG – bottom
Photo L1
Text L2
Photo L3(they would actually appear the opposite in the layer panel)
And let’s say I select the text layer. I highlight it and click the move tool to reposition the text. Then when I left click on the text in the viewing window, the top layer gets selected instead — and only that layer moves.
Now if I select the text later and ctrl-T, then and only then can I move the text layer.this is now happening with every layer. no matter which one I select and attempt to move it using the move tool, the top layer automatically selects.
i’ve been teaching myself PS for about six months and for the life of me I don’t think I’ve seen this prior.I’m guessing I changed a setting.
any ideas?
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2 Replies
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i just figured it out. somehow i ticked the box next to “auto-select” in the top panel. unticked it and all is well in the world. (why would anyone use auto-select?)
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If you have lots of discrete layers (like layout objects) and you want to be able to rearrange them without referring to the layers panel.
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