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March 26, 2012

P: F1 function key disabled for Actions

  • March 26, 2012
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Photoshop CS6 beta - Some years ago I made a bunch of actions to speed up my production workflow. They're so good, now I can't live without'em. I started in CS1 maybe, where I was able to use F1 key for actions. Altough in newer versions of Photoshop we cannot use F1, my old actions loaded into even CS5.5 still worked, overwriting the F1/Help command. Which i really don't need, 'cause i'm a pro 😉

In CS6 beta this doesn't work anymore. I cannot use F1 for actions.

However I can override F1 in preferences / keyboard shortcuts.

So what's the point of disabling F1 for actions, and allowing for keyboard shortcuts.

Please let me use any F key for action panel shortcuts!

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16 replies

Participating Frequently
October 31, 2012
Any progression in solving this problem? I'm sure the photoshop team is busy, but this looks like a small/quick fix. 6 months and it's still the same.
Legend
May 9, 2012
Thanks. Can repro. We'll look into it.
DomiPro
Known Participant
May 5, 2012
I hope this only happens in the Beta not in Final version... !
Participating Frequently
April 10, 2012
Hello Jeffrey! To better illustrate my problem I attached a screenshot from CS5.5 and CS6. What do you think, could the photoshop team unlock F1 for actions, as they did for keyboard shortcuts?
Participating Frequently
March 27, 2012
I'm on PC/Windows. Attached 2 screenshots of the working of CS5.5 versus CS6

Legend
March 27, 2012
It would help to know what OS you're using. If you're referring to Mac OS X, it's co-opted many F-keys for OS functionality, and overriding it using the system prefs is the correct thing to do - or alternatively, use the Fn key along with the F-key to access them.