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Photoshop: How do I drag a layer from one document to another?

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I use tabbed documents. How do I drag and drop layers from one document to the other?

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Jeffrey Tranberry (Chief Customer Advocate) April 28, 2011 16:02

While you can't drag from the Layers panel to non-active document tab (which is something we hope to improve in the future), you can use the Move Tool to drag from one tabbed document to another:

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Jeffrey Tranberry (Chief Customer Advocate) April 28, 2011 16:02

While you can't drag from the Layers panel to non-active document tab (which is something we hope to improve in the future), you can use the Move Tool to drag from one tabbed document to another:

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While you can't drag from the Layers panel to non-active document tab (which is something we hope to improve in the future), you can use the Move Tool to drag from one tabbed document to another: <object width="480" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fh91l3CsvuI?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fh91l3CsvuI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

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Photoshop FAQ (Official Rep) November 12, 2011 22:22

Dear Adobe Gripe #13370

"Why can't I drag layers from one document to another in the tabbed view."

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