rectangle tool selected, but can't draw over background without deselecting all first

[spinhead]

When attempting to draw a rectangle the same size as the canvas, over a photograph the same size as the canvas, I have to deselect the photograph (often the only layer, requiring a continual guessing game about which keystrokes or mouse clicks will do the job) or the cursor grabs the resize handle and instead of dragging out a rectangle, resizes the photograph.

Yes, I could also lock the background, which is what I do when I'm going to be doing this a lot.

Is there an easier way to slap a rectangle over a photo (for example) without having a step between? A magical key/mouse combo?

[walt.farrell]

Click outside the canvas. Or, I think, press Esc.

[spinhead]

18 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Click outside the canvas.

Yeah. Okay. Thanks.

ESC is unreliable. No firm data on when it works or doesn't, so I'll stick with option 1.

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.

[Alfred]

26 minutes ago, spinhead said:

ESC is unreliable. No firm data on when it works or doesn't

It should always work when one or more objects is/are selected, as far as I know. If you’re at a text cursor within a text frame, pressing it once will take you out of text entry mode but leave the frame selected, so in that particular scenario you have to press it a second time.

[spinhead]

On 3/3/2021 at 2:57 PM, Alfred said:

If you’re at a text cursor within a text frame, pressing it once will take you out of text entry mode but leave the frame selected, so in that particular scenario you have to press it a second time.

Could be what I was experiencing.