Text layer error on CS4

[leiden images]

Hi all

I do a few Team photos that has the names of the players. I own a Toshiba Satellite that is supposed to do this. However both "Enter" keys takes me out of the text layer so when I get to the end of the line I cannot get to a second line in the same text layer.

Any ideas.

Mal

[DAVE PROUTY]

I can't be positive about this, as I don't have CS4 installed, but perhaps this may help. To get a new line in many programs where a text box is created you need to do a CTRL+ENTER. No guarantee. But worth a try.

[aram535]

Weird. By default the "Return" key renders a new line within the same text layer, and "Enter" key (keypad) accepts and exists the layer.

Just to be clear to get a new line, Return - or - SHIFT+Return should give you a new line without existing the layer.

Have you done a Reset Tool? Click "T" and on the menu bar for the tool, right click and "Reset this tool" that will reset it back to default.

[brian.austin]

Isn't the Toshiba Satellite a laptop? Does it have the keypad or are you using the function keys?

[leiden images]

Hi Aram

Not sure what you mean by "Click "T" and on the menu bar for the tool"

Thanks for your reply

Mal

[leiden images]

Brian

Yes it is a laptop and yes it has a keypad. It's a reasonably bog laptop.

Mal

[aram535]

Originally Posted by leiden images

Hi Aram

Not sure what you mean by "Click "T" and on the menu bar for the tool"

Thanks for your reply

Mal

I help that helps.

[Dead Pixel]

Originally Posted by leiden images

However both "Enter" keys takes me out of the text layer so when I get to the end of the line I cannot get to a second line in the same text layer.

Hello, Mal,
And what exactly happens when you press enter?
You mean you jump off the visible area (visible frame, canvas), not off layer?

Maybe in text settings you have set up very big space in between lines by mistake?
In case here is the problem i did one screenshot as well

When you selected text tool, open character panel by clicking icon (1.) or menu > window > character, and reduce spacing (2.) and check if it gets any better.

[Songman45]

I had this problem once and i'm racking my brain to remember what happened. ITs the same result if with the settings at default you do a Ctrl+Enter. The curser jumps off the layer. I can't duplicate the situation now.

[mcbit]

Well here are the help instructions for Point Text in CS3. It seems that the Normal Enter key and the numeric keypad Enter key should perform different functions. So its possible the problem is outside of Photoshop

Enter point type

When you enter point type, each line of type is independent—the line expands or shrinks as you edit it, but it doesn’t wrap to the next line. The type you enter appears in a new type layer.

1. Select the Horizontal Type tool or the Vertical Type tool .
2. Click in the image to set an insertion point for the type. The small line through the I‑beam marks the baseline of the type (the imaginary line on which type rests). For vertical type, the baseline marks the center axis of the characters.
3. Select additional type options in the options bar, Character palette, or Paragraph palette.
4. Enter the characters. To begin a new line, press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). Note: You can also transform point type while in edit mode. Hold down the Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) key. A bounding box appears around the type. You can grab a handle to scale or skew the type. You can also rotate the bounding box.
5. When you finish entering or editing the type, do one of the following:
   • Click the Commit button "TICK" in the options bar.
   • Press the Enter key on the numeric keypad.
   • Press Ctrl+Enter (Windows) or Command+Return (Mac OS).
   • Select any tool in the toolbox; click in the Layers, Channels, Paths, Actions, History, or Styles palette; or select any available menu command.

[Songman45]

Might be a NumLock issue

I was thinking that there was a user selectable switch that affected the "Enter" and the "Carriage Return" functionality.
It may also have something to do with the INS character being switched on

[leiden images]

Hi All

Yes it was a numbers lock issue. Thanks to all who responded I appreciate your help.

Mal