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The move tool also makes multiple layer selection possible, because when the move tool is in the Auto Select Layer mode you can marquee drag with the move tool from outside the canvas area to select multiple layers, the same way as you make a marquee selection using the mouse cursor to select multiple folders or documents in the Finder.

This can be useful when you want to select a layer and you happen to have a large numbers of image layers in an image. When the Auto-Select Layer option is switched on, the move tool can auto select the uppermost layer that contains the most opaque image data below wherever the cursor happens to be. When the move tool is selected, dragging with the move tool will move the layer or selection contents (the cursor does not have to be centered on the object or selection, it can be anywhere in the image window).

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Note also that a series of nudges will count as a single Photoshop step in history and can be undone with a single undo or step back in history. Whenever the move tool is active, the keyboard arrow keys can be used to nudge a layer or selection in 1 pixel increments (10 pixels with the Shift key also held down).

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Therefore it is useful to remember that using the Option/Alt key plus the Command/Control (the move tool shortcut) will let you make a copy of a layer or selection contents when any other tool is selected (apart from those I just listed). Holding down the Option/Alt key while the move tool is selected will let you copy a layer or selection contents. The move tool can also be activated at any time when another tool is selected by holding down the Command/Control key (except for the slice, slice select, hand, pen tool or path selection tools). If you then mouse down on one of the bounding box handles, the Options bar will change to display the numeric transform controls (see Figure 2).ДЇigure 1 This shows the move tool Options bar when the move tool is first selected.ДЇigure 2 This shows the Options bar controls when a transform is active. If the Show Transform Controls Box is checked this adds a transform bounding box to the selected layer. The move tool Options bar is shown below in Figure 1. In this respect the move tool might more accurately described as a move/transform/alignment tool. The move tool can perform many functions such as moving layer contents, directly moving layers from one document to another, copying layers, applying transforms, plus selecting and aligning multiple layers.