# Photoshop: direct selection tool

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-direct-selection-tool/28701>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 17, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-direct-selection-tool/28701 "2003-08-17T05:20:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![blah\_de\_blah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@blah\_de\_blah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blah_de_blah)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-direct-selection-tool/28701/1 "2003-08-17T05:20:14Z")

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Have any of you ever had the problem where you can’t use the direct selection tool? I try clicking on a point, and nothing happens. Its worked before, but sometimes it just doesn’t work and just moves the whole image instead of just the point. Anyone know whats wrong? thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-direct-selection-tool/28701/2 "2003-08-17T05:45:43Z")

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not sure I follow what you are doing…sometimes it helps to zoom in you may not actually be selecting the point

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-direct-selection-tool/28701/3 "2003-08-17T06:10:18Z")

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Are you only allowed moving certain point? because i have already zoomed in, and what is happening is when i click on the point, instead of it moving just the point, it moves the whole image. :-\

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-direct-selection-tool/28701/4 "2003-08-17T06:40:58Z")

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actually i figured out howta use it now 😛 thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-direct-selection-tool/28701/5 "2003-08-17T17:09:44Z")

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I think you were using the wrong arrow.