# Photoshop cs2 get layer selection
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-cs2-get-layer-selection/184677
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 6, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-cs2-get-layer-selection/184677 "2006-04-06T19:12:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-cs2-get-layer-selection/184677/1 "2006-04-06T19:12:43Z")
how do you do it in cs2? Yeah you can use magic want, but in cs1 you could ctlrl+click the layer in the layer window to get it’s selection. This is driving me nuts.
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### Author:  [@jimhere](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimhere)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-cs2-get-layer-selection/184677/2 "2006-04-06T19:44:45Z")
That should still work (it’s command-click layer in Apple).
I think different things happen if you click the layer, the layer label, or the layer thumb, so maybe that’s it.
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### Author:  [@evileks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evileks)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-cs2-get-layer-selection/184677/3 "2006-04-06T19:51:36Z")
I think jimhere is correct and that you must be clicking the wrong part of the layer identifyer. Otherwise it’s still Ctrl + click.
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### Author:  [@evildrummer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evildrummer)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-cs2-get-layer-selection/184677/4 "2006-04-06T19:52:43Z")
ctrl+click works for me!
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### Author:  [@CanisMajor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CanisMajor)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-cs2-get-layer-selection/184677/5 "2006-04-06T20:51:31Z")
Works for me also. You just have to make sure you are clicking the actual image in layer palette.
In CS you could ctrl+click anywhere in the layer palette box for that particular layer. For example, you could ctrl+click on the name and it would select it.
But in CS2 you must ctrl+click on the image itself in the pallete.
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### Author:  [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-cs2-get-layer-selection/184677/6 "2006-04-06T21:11:42Z")
yea click on the thumbnail man 😃
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### Author:  [@soulty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulty)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-cs2-get-layer-selection/184677/7 "2006-04-06T23:06:41Z")
i had already answered this a while back, but yeah click the thumbnail.
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### Author:  [@CanisMajor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CanisMajor)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-cs2-get-layer-selection/184677/8 "2006-04-07T00:28:35Z")
A little repetition never hurts. :pleased:
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### Author:  [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-cs2-get-layer-selection/184677/9 "2006-04-07T18:23:55Z")
Woops, did i ask this a while ago and never look at the thread:sigh: sorry lol
Thanks guys, I feel a little stupid, but at least that will speed things up a little.
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### Author:  [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-cs2-get-layer-selection/184677/10 "2006-04-07T20:15:46Z")
> [@SlowRoasted](#):
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> Woops, did i ask this a while ago and never look at the thread:sigh: sorry lol
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> Thanks guys, I feel a little stupid, but at least that will speed things up a little.
Not sure it was mentioned but… just click the thumbail, you should be fine. hehe 😃