Unwanted forced opening of placed afphoto files

[NotMyFault]

• Create new file
• place an embedded afphoto file
• Add any other layer
• activate hand tool or move tool, as I want to re-arrange layers in the layer stack

observed:

• choose embedded layer to mark it in the layer stack -> Photo automatically opens the file which is not wanted. No double click was used.

expected:

• Just marking the layer should not open it, but just toggle selected / not selected status, and allow to move that layer (both in the layer stack, or in the canvas)

[Lee D]

@NotMyFault If you single tap the placed embedded files icon in the layer stack this will open it for editing, it's by design.

[NotMyFault]

2 hours ago, Lee D said:

@NotMyFault If you single tap the placed embedded files icon in the layer stack this will open it for editing, it's by design.

Understood. Can you please explain how you can select a layer without opening it?
e.g in case you want to move it, delete it, or rasterize it etc.

in all other cases (layer types) you can just select a layer, and then choose any further operation you want to apply on it, or adding adjustment or filter layers atop of or nested to that selected layer. This is now impossible. I have to add an empty pixel layer to be able to add adjustment layers directly above nested files. 

[walt.farrell]

16 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

Can you please explain how you can select a layer without opening it?

Click on the name/type field, rather than the thumbnail. Or perhaps on the layer-type.

Or, for moving the layer, click and drag the thumbnail, rather than simply clicking.

For Rasterizing, it's a right-click (if you want the context menu, rather than using the Layer menu) so you shouldn't have any issues.

[NotMyFault]

24 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

it's a right-click (if you want the context menu, rather than using the Layer menu) so you shouldn't have any issues.

Unfortunately not on iPad

[NotMyFault]

26 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Click on the name/type field, rather than the thumbnail. Or perhaps on the layer-type.

That does the trick. I had the layer stack in thumbnail view only view, so I need to expand the view first.