Double click text layer

[ronnyb]

It would be awesome if double clicking on a Text layer would not only take you to the layer and select it, but also Select the contents of the text layer. This is one of those productivity boosters I use all the time. Instead of trying to click through layers with the Text tool, it's much quicker to do it through the Layer panel. I use this in Photoshop ALL the time. It's much easier than having to fiddle with the Text tool. Please consider adding this functionality. Thanks for all you do!

[rui_mac]

When I double click the text layer it simply fills the screen.

I would also prefer to have it active, with all the text selected.

[MEB]

Do you know you can triple-click a text object on canvas to have it selected including its content, both with the Move and Text tools?

[rui_mac]

I didn't know that :)

 

But, even so, it is intuitive to double click the Text layer and assume that we should start editing that text.

Maybe... adding a modifier that, when pressed while double clicking the Text layer in the Layers list, would enter edit mode, without fitting the text box in the canvas?

[ronnyb]

Thanks for that MEB, yeah that's how I usually do it; the problem arises when there are other objects / text layers above the one you want to edit... It's really slick and easy to do it straight from the Layers palette. Perhaps Triple clicking on a text layer in the Layers panel reflects the same behavior as in the Canvas? Or as rui_mac suggested, with a modifier key, although that's a bit more obscure, and not as tablet-friendly, but better than nothing if the other alternatives are unfeasible....

 

Do you know you can triple-click a text object on canvas to have it selected including its content, both with the Move and Text tools?