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Emma
11-10-2004, 06:20 PM
Why does PSP sometimes not allow one to drag a layer higher or lower in the palette? Sometimes it does, and sometimes it has a Null (ghostbuster) sign showing it's not allowed.
I haven't been able to discover any pattern for this behavior. I thought it would allow to drag up, but not down, then I thought the other way around. Then I thought it was only when the Deform Tool was selected that it didn't allow moving things.
Sometimes it will let me move a layer up but not down, others it will let me move it down but not up!
Usually I just move the other layers so everything is stacked the way I want, but sometimes there are so many to move it's a total pain! Usually if I wait I can move it later after doing something else, just can't figure out how to get it to behave!

So what's the deal? If it won't allow me to rearrange something in the Layers Palette, is the option in Layers>Arrange also grayed out? I've never checked...

Thanks so much!
valeri
11-10-2004, 09:33 PM
I actually know the answer to this one! i bet this happens after you have used a tool that needs to "reset" itsef, like the deform tool. when that happens to me, I just click on the graphic and then move my layers. I have no idea why this happens though, and it IS very annoying!
Emma
05-27-2005, 09:17 AM
how to reset the tools that need it, like the deform tool? Is there a way to do them all at once, or one at a time?
JuneC
05-29-2005, 08:21 AM
File>Preferences>Reset Preferences...I think.

Oh and I didn't even know that I could drag the layers. I have always gone to Layers>Arrange and I haven't noticed a problem. I know what you mean tho about the program having a mind of it's own...or so it seems to me.

Junec
Emma
05-29-2005, 12:21 PM
mind of its own for sure, sometimes it just changes its mind on things for no apparent reason too

Layers>Arrange is also grayed out in one direction if you can't drag the layer. I haven't had this problem with v9 I don't think. v8 did it all the time, LOL!
Janet
05-29-2005, 01:00 PM
Obnoxious feature for sure! I just click on another layer, then go back to the one I want to move and it'll let me.