How do you smooth from select all (CS4)?

Make a new ps file. Doesn't matter what size. Marquee the whole thing (Select All). Go to the main menu SELECT -> MODIFY -> SMOOTH. It's disabled. Why? I want simply to round the corners of the entire area. "Contract" is disabled also. Neither of those make sense. They should both be possible. I see why "Expand" is disabled. That make sense. Why are "Smooth" and "Contract". How do you get around this?

That's not feathering, it's anti-aliasing which isn't the same thing, feathering is a blurring function while anti-aliasing is an edge smoothing one. When working with Shape Layers there's no Anti-Alias option because you're working with vectors, not pixels.
To get rid of the anti-aliasing after you load the Vector Mask of a Shape Layer as a selection, press Q to enter Quick Mask and apply Image->Adjustments->Threshold. On the other hand, you can set the Rounded Rectangle tool to draw pixels and then disable the Anti-Alias checkbox from the Options bar.

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