[BUG] Sp-dropdown / sp-picker don't work on PS 26.5 on Windows inside modal dialogs

Photoshop UXP Plugin API
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I’m going to post this in the pre-release bug reporting.

However, I was hoping maybe someone has a work-around.

I have a plugin that uses modal dialogs that have dropdown menus. The dropdown menu doesn’t appear when clicking the arrow. I’ve been using these same modal dialogs for a few years with sp-dropdown. I just tried sp-picker and it does the same thing.

The issue is isolated to Windows systems on PS 26.5 in modal dialogs only. It works on Windows in all versions prior to 26.5. It works on Mac.

Here is an example of one of the HTML menus.

<sp-dropdown size="S" style="width:40%;">
	<sp-menu id="dataFileDelimiterInput" slot="options">
		<sp-menu-item value="comma" selected>Delimiter - Comma</sp-menu-item>
		<sp-menu-item value="tab">Delimiter - Tab</sp-menu-item>
		<sp-menu-item value="semicolon">Delimiter - Semicolon</sp-menu-item>
		<sp-menu-item value="colon" selected>Delimiter - Colon</sp-menu-item>
	</sp-menu>
</sp-dropdown>
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:man_facepalming: Apparently they work. It’s just that the dropdowns appear under the dialog and it’s not possible to change the value

Yet again it shows how Adobe tests their changes :disappointed_face:

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Thanks. That’s good information. I’ll update my forum posting in the pre-release group.

This is a pretty bad bug for me (probably for you too) so I hope they fix it before 26.5 goes to the standrrd release.

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Thanks @ddbell
I can confirm this bug on Windows. It works on Mac.

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It is not possible that with every new photoshop update there should be bugs.
I find this unprofessional and puts programmers in unacceptable situations.

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I would like to mention that this bug occurs in the beta version (26.5) and not in the latest release version (26.4.1). One of the purposes of beta versions is to detect bugs. Nevertheless, I hope that this bug will be fixed before the release version is published.
@indranil @Erin_Finnegan Link to the bug report in the prerelease forum.

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@Erin_Finnegan @indranil

I realize that beta releases are meant to find bugs… so the 26.5 beta did it’s job. However, could you please provide confirmation that this error has been logged and if this will be fixed when 26.5 goes to the official public release?

This bug breaks the 2 most important plugins for my company. If this isn’t fixed in the public 26.5 release and I haven’t updated my plugins then this will be really bad for my company.

So if it won’t be fixed for the 26.5 release then I need to redesign the UIs for my plugins before 26.5 is released to avoid a flood of angry users. One of the plugins in particular will be a large amount of work to redesign. So I don’t want to do this if it will be fixed prior to 26.5 being released… but if it won’t be fixed before the 26.5 release then I need to get started on the plugin UI redesign right away,

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@samgannaway in case it’s a Photoshop bug and not a UXP bug…

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What is the build string where you see it?

Also, does it happen in Export As or the New Document dialog?

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It’s not just dropdowns or plugins. Adobes own modal when you click on a link behaves the same for info tooltip

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@Sam Gannaway @Erin Finnegan

It is build Adobe Photoshop Version: 26.5.0 20250309.m.3003 e305078 x64

The dropdowns don’t work in Photoshop’s Export As menu either.

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Just checked the Photoshop New Document menu and the dropdowns don’t work in that either.

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This probably won’t add more clarity, but thought it’s still worth noting. If you have multiple dialogs open, these menus and tooltips are behind all of them

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Ah, this was reported on the Beta forum.

I see it resolved in the latest Beta and the upcoming 26.5 release.

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Just making an update on this. This appears to be fixed in the Photoshop 26.6 beta release.

Thanks for the quick fix :slight_smile:

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