12-28-2016, 10:37 PM
Normally, you start the text Tool, click on the canvas, which creates a mini dialog with font and format text control, and one or four small squares below it (these are the resize handles for the text layer, but since it is empty at that point, its size is 0, so the handles are all together). When you start typing the layer automatically widens:
What is not happening? Can you make a screenshot showing what you have, and if possible including the Tool options dialog for the Text tool?
What is not happening? Can you make a screenshot showing what you have, and if possible including the Tool options dialog for the Text tool?