New snapshot options (after the ellipsis)

@tharrington - You're welcome, I'm glad that you find the script useful as an alternative while this issue is investigated. If the script is installed in the application's Presets/Scripts directory, then a custom keyboard shortcut can be applied without requiring an action.

The issue still exists in Photoshop 26.3.0.  I am grateful for the scipt that was written below.  Assigning action to this script has worked well as a workaround. 

Is there any update on this issue?

I don't understand why something that worked perfectly well, simply disappears? 

You can rename a snapshot just like you would a layer; simply double-click on the snapshot name. You can use it even while recording Photoshop actions, but that can be cumbersome, of course. Each time, you must select Snapshot 1 and rename it; this can be a workaround in case you need it at any time.

Hello, 

if it can help, I did a script in an older version where it was working, like 24.7.4, choose to put an option in action panel to change the name, and import the atn in the other photoshop version,  .. also with the ability to set the historic brush..  Just, it needs to create all cases of names before... 

in the 25.11.0 i succeed to chang name and kind of snapshop,

in the 26.2.0, it's going worse... i didn't succed to change name anymore...

so, what's next ?

i dont know how to send atn file, so here a links :

thankshttps://www.swisstransfer.com/d/070ed352-4504-47a5-bf53-22d76ce47c2b 

Has this been resolved. It's very annoying. the nameing doesn't work in the beta version 26.1.0 nor the main version 26.0.0

Please sort this out quickly!. 

thanks

I updated as well and the bug persists.  M1 Ultra macOS 14.7 Photoshop 26.0.0

Hi Shivani, yes I updated today and the error is still there.

I hope this get fixed soon. We use snapshots in a lot of actions and need the naming option. Please Adobe Team fix this soon? Pretty please? @jk19035953 

Until this is fixed, the following code will add a name field to the previous script so that you can enter the name and select the options:

/*
New Snapshot Script.jsx
A temporary hack to workaround a bug in Ps 2024 (25.12.0)
v1.0 - 21st September 2024, Stephen Marsh
v1.1 - 16th October 2024, Added a field to enter the snapshot name
v1.2 - 17th October 2024, Added code to auto increment the default Snapshot name # number
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/new-snapshot-options-after-the-ellipsis/idc-p/14872580
*/

#target photoshop

// Main function to create snapshot
function makeSnapshot(theName, fromParam) {
    var s2t = function (s) {
        return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
    };
    var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
    var reference = new ActionReference();
    var reference2 = new ActionReference();
    reference.putClass(s2t("snapshotClass"));
    descriptor.putReference(s2t("null"), reference);
    reference2.putProperty(s2t("historyState"), s2t("currentHistoryState"));
    descriptor.putReference(s2t("from"), reference2);
    descriptor.putString(s2t("name"), theName);
    descriptor.putEnumerated(s2t("using"), s2t("historyState"), s2t(fromParam));
    // Change DialogModes.NO to DialogModes.ALL to confirm overwrite
    executeAction(s2t("make"), descriptor, DialogModes.ALL);
}

var dlg = new Window("dialog", "New Snapshot Script");
dlg.orientation = "column";
dlg.alignChildren = ["fill", "top"];
dlg.spacing = 10;
dlg.margins = 16;

// Get the history states
var historyStates = app.activeDocument.historyStates;

// Create variables to store the highest snapshot number and track if "Snapshot 1" exists
var highestSnapshotNumber = 0;
var snapshotOneExists = false;

// Loop through the history states and check for snapshots named "Snapshot #"
for (var i = 0; i < historyStates.length; i++) {
    if (historyStates[i].snapshot) {
        var snapshotName = historyStates[i].name;
        // Check if the snapshot name follows the pattern "Snapshot #"
        var match = snapshotName.match(/^Snapshot (\d+)$/);
        if (match) {
            var snapshotNumber = parseInt(match[1], 10);
            // Update the highest snapshot number
            if (snapshotNumber > highestSnapshotNumber) {
                highestSnapshotNumber = snapshotNumber;
            }
            // Check if "Snapshot 1" exists
            if (snapshotNumber === 1) {
                snapshotOneExists = true;
            }
        }
    }
}

// Determine the next snapshot name
var nextSnapshotName = snapshotOneExists ? "Snapshot " + (highestSnapshotNumber + 1) : "Snapshot 1";

// Add edittext for the snapshot name
dlg.add("statictext", undefined, "Snapshot Name:");
var nameInput = dlg.add("edittext", undefined, nextSnapshotName);
nameInput.characters = 20;

// Create dropdown with user-friendly labels
var dropdownItems = [
    ["Full Document", "fullDocument"],
    ["Merged Layers", "mergeLayersNew"],
    ["Current Layer", "currentLayer"]
];
dlg.add("statictext", undefined, "From:");
var dropdown = dlg.add("dropdownlist");
for (var i = 0; i < dropdownItems.length; i++) {
    dropdown.add("item", dropdownItems[i][0]);
}
dropdown.selection = 0;

// Create buttons
var btnGroup = dlg.add("group");
btnGroup.orientation = "row";
btnGroup.alignChildren = ["fill", "top"];
var cancelBtn = btnGroup.add("button", undefined, "Cancel");
var okBtn = btnGroup.add("button", undefined, "OK");

// Button click handlers
okBtn.onClick = function () {
    var selectedValue = dropdownItems[dropdown.selection.index][1];
    var snapshotName = nameInput.text; // Get the user-entered name
    makeSnapshot(snapshotName, selectedValue);
    dlg.close();

};

cancelBtn.onClick = function () {
    dlg.close();
};

// Show the dialog
dlg.show();

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html