Photoshop: Eye dropper freeze with multiple images

@JeffreyTranberry 

Hi Jeffery,

The freeze was specific to v 21.1.0. Newer versions do not freeze when clicking on the rear image. Unfortunately the "fix" was to remove this functionality completely. Click and hold with eye dropper on an open, but not selected, image now does nothing. Being able to compare or reference values between the image you are working on and other open images (without have to switch focus back and forth between them) was a useful feature. Can this be restored in a future update?

Thanks,

David

@JeffreyTranberry I second David's request! Thanks!

@JeffreyTranberry 

Hi Jeff, 

Sorry for the delayed response. Hectic times!

Thanks for looking into this. The freeze was fixed a few versions back. What I was missing was seeing the sampled color values on the info palette. Previously click and hold on a background image would display the color values. This is useful for comparison. It looks like it is working aging now with the latest version (21.2.4) but is still a little buggy. You have to jiggle the pointer a bit after clicking to see the values in the info palette. Here is a movie of what I am seeing.

https://we.tl/t-hysSLMDY7d

Thanks!

David

No sweat. I understand hectic times! Thanks for the video. I understand now. The initial click doesn't update the info panel right away. You need to jiggle the mouse a bit to get it to light up the values in the info panel. Let me see if there's something we can do to fix this.