Re: Photoshop CC - adjustment layer curves issue

First post here in the discussion,
Just upgraded CS6 to CC and really enjoy alot of the changes but there seems to be a bug with the adjustment layer curves (not regular curves).
If I make a change to the curve using modification point and then toggle "undo", the preview of the image will toggle on and off with the change but the modification point does not reset. This point stays in the original position even if the curves are not in effect and will only reset when another layer is selected before returning back to these curves.
One must also manually reset the point if you wanted to revert back to the original (instead of undo) because if you place another modification point on the curve it will revert back to the change you made earlier.
Am I missing something or is this a bug?
Cheers!
- Elder

Just repeating what's already been said above.
Having the same problem with Photoshop CC, tricky to explain this one:
Working in Curves and/or Selective Color Adjustment layers (probably in any adjustment layer) is very buggy.
When I do a change f.ex. let's say I'm tweaking inside curves and undo my last change it does reflect it on screen but not in the dialog/palette. So when I do my next tweak both my old tweak (not reflected on screen anymore but still there) and the new one goes into effect.
It's driving me nuts and have forced me to go back to CS6.
Adobe HEEEELP!!!!
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