Photoshop CC 14.2 leaves empty text layer

Hey,
with the new CC 14.2 update, everytime you click anywhere with the text tool and change your mind (like hit ESC because you missed a existing text) a empty text layer is left behind. It didn't use to be like this, empty text layers are all over my document now.
Anyway you can avoid this?
(I'm on a Mac using the x64 version of Photoshop CC 14.2)

PECourtejoie wrote:
John, I know that you are upset with that change dating from CS4. But AFAIK, it is possible to write an action that goes around the problem. Very, very few users change those two settings, you can add a warning about it. You repeat it so often it sounds like a core function of Photoshop everyone uses is broken.
In this very case, I would have liked to get a prompt similar to the one we get on a mac trying to use CMD+H that is used by the system, but is an historical shortcut in Ps.
The only way to create actions that will always work correctly isi to take advantage of the bugs in the implementation of the options. If there is a active selection the option ADD MASKS be DEFAULT has no effect there will always be a MASK added. And If you record adding adjustment layer using the Layer menu and check clip the previous layer in the new adjustment layer dialog the adjust layer will always be clipped. Knowing about the faults in the implementation of the option one can edit all old action and re-record the ADD adjustment layers steps to always have an active selection and Clip then configure the Clipped and masked adjustment the way the want. New Actions need to be recorded to take advantage of the faults also. However if Adobe fixes the faults in the implementation of the option one again actions will be broken. The two options should be removed. Thankfully if the option are left at their default setting Photoshop works as designed. Action will play back correctly. Yes I repeat it often and will. Adobe should fix bugs. Adobe should also not code wrong behavior for the ESC key either. Adobe is shooting Photoshop in the foot. Sometimes I thinf Adobe has a death wish...

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