Step backward, undo and automatic layer changes.

A feature of Photoshop that has always annoyed is the way the Photoshop handles stepping backwards. It's taken me years to finally get motivated enough to post something about it, but so be it, lol.
Say I'm working on layer 2, and switch to layer 3. I then make two brushstrokes on layer 3. I decide I don't like these brushstrokes and remove them by "stepping backwards" twice. I'm now back on layer 2. At best, in this very common scenario, I have to annoyingly reselect layer 3 to continue working, and at worst I might accidentally do work on the wrong layer if I'm having an off day. The default undo is obviously useless in this scenario because of it's mutation in Ps as a method of comparing single changes. There is apparently no option to simply go back two steps and continue working on layer 3. I contacted Adobe support and was told so, more or less. I"ve also requested a feature change. My current workaround for such methods is to habitually do some form of a useless edit to layer before doing actual work so that I never undo back to the wrong layer or waste time reselecting the layer I want.
Why on earth does Ps not give us the option to turn off this behavior? I'm baffled as to why Ps even works this way in the first place. As someone that primarily uses Ps to paint and illustrate, it would be amazing to be able to lock your selection from everything except manual changes. For what it's worth, I've seen people that have raised this issue elsewhere get unfairly buried by quite a few PEBKAC replies. That being said, it should be obvious that there's nothing I could do differently, in the way I'm working above, to alleviate this problem. When you find yourself having to work around a mandatory "feature", perhaps it's time is should be addressed?
Furthermore, I've read that there is a script available that will eliminate this problem, but I have my suspicions that it may be outdated for the most current form CC. Does anyone run such a script for the most recent version of Ps?

This has indeed been discussed many times in the past. Alas, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for changes.
The thing is, these are user forums although some staff sometimes drop by, so not a conduit to address Adobe officially.

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Make "step backward" command maintain current layer selection (like the "undo" command's behavior)...

Please make Photoshop's "step backward" command maintain current layer selection (like the "undo" command's behavior). So that when using the "step backward" to undo something it doesn't unnecessarily select a different layer . The current "step backward" layer change issue is inconvenient because it causes unnexpected layer selection change.

Has this happened yet ( an upgrade that fixes the step back layer switch problem ) in any updates?
Arghhh very annoying.

"step backward" command maintain current layer selection

It is said that even in past versions of Photoshop,Please make "step backward" command maintain current layer selection (like the "undo" command's behavior).
The current "step backward" layer change issue is inconvenient because it causes unnexpected layer selection change.
When I was talking about this issue on Twitter,over 200 persons' approval was obtained in one day.
I know how to avoid in the script,but we hope as a standard feature.

Yeah, I noticed that too.
For those who don't know what this is about, here's a sample scenario. Let's say you're working on an image.
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2. Now you want to work on an image layer below, so you click on it.
3. You use the Clone Tool on the image layer a couple of times.
4. You don't like how it came out, so you click on the same History step that was active during step 1.
5. You try to Clone again, but you find that the History change has caused the Adjustment layer to be selected as it was before step 2.
The real base issue is that since the Clone Tool is still selected, we tend to think we can just keep cloning after going back in the History, when in fact we really need to repeat step 2 again. On paper this seems pretty straightforward, but in practice one almost never remembers to check which layer is selected.
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-Noel

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How about make Photoshop "step backward" command maintain current layer selection? So that when using the "step backward" to undo something it doesn't select a differnt layer. The current "step backward" layer change issue is annoying.

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