Dialog Comes Up for Duplicate Layer - But Never Before Today

[Orion's Bell]

I've been working with CS5 since it came out.

This just started today right in the middle of a project:

I hold down my Option Key and drag a layer down to the New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers pane.
I then get a dialog popping up asking me if to give the duplicate a name (if it's multiple layers), or to ask if the default name is OK.

This wasn't happening earlier in the day.

Why has this all of a sudden started happening?

How can I turn the pop-up off?

Please help.

Jim

 

[ibclare]

Sorry, don't know the answer to that. But, when PS starts doing weird stuff, it may be necessary to reset the preferences. As you start up Photoshop, hold down shift + cmd +opt, and when the dialogue box pops up asking if you want to delete your current settings, click yes. Personally, if I want to duplicate a layer, I do cmd/ctl + J. If you want to rename it, hold cmd/ctl + alt/opt + J to get the rename window as you duplicate. Or just click inside the layer on the name at any time.

 

[Orion's Bell]

Resetting the Prefs didn't help. Using Command-J is something I used to do a very long time ago, but I became more comfortable with the option-drag. *Sigh*

 

[SCTRWD]

I duplicate layers just by holding Alt, grabing layer in the Layers Panel and moving it where I want it.

 

[NemesisWorks]

Sorry but this is a really strange question for me... obviously when you alt+drag a layer to the new layer icon you get that Dialog Box no doubt but if you don't hold that Alt button you won't get that Dialog anymore...

I think your Keyboard's Alt button wasn't working before

 

[ibclare]

Hey Evil, you're right. Since I don't use that method ...

Hold down the alt/opt key and drag a layer to the layer icon and get the dialogue window. Just drag it, it just duplicates, no dialogue box.

Simpler yet is SCTRWD's method -- if you like dragging.