layer changing with step backward

[VoodariuS]

Does anybody know how to disable this objectionable feature when PS changes selected layer after pressing "Step Backward"? I select new layer, do something wrong, then cancel, and then PS selects previous layer, not that layer I selected.

[Jason Ross]

History palette.

[VoodariuS]

History palette.

so what?

[Jason Ross]

You have to erase that snapshot of the history that goes back to the other layer. Or you could do what I do sometimes and that is make some light marks somewhere and then start painting so if you undo you'll go to those light marks but stay on the right layer.

[crdf]

That is the most annoying thing ever. I hate it, but I don't think there is a solution to it. I think it is part of the way the program works.

[Portus]

That and accidentally color picking that gray background color annoy me to no end. I usually do what Ross said, lightly paint a couple color strokes to ensure I stay on the right layer.

[VoodariuS]

Well I used this method to prevent layer changing previously but just now I found that you don't need actually to do a stroke directly on the canvas. you can just touch outside of canvas and it works in the same way but without excess garbage on a layer. also, when you'll move this layer to find that strokes there will be no any garbage out of the canvas border.

[DPFX]

When I run into this problem I grab the newly selected layer that I want and drag the layer order down and then back up again.

[Astrid_R]

When I run into this problem I grab the newly selected layer that I want and drag the layer order down and then back up again.

Yeah, I also do this when I run into this problem

[-037]

i fucking hate it to. once a new layer is selected, draw a line or a dot or whatever out side of the canvas. or draw a dot and simply delete it again.