Known Participant

P: Pressing +/- to change path drawing mode does not work with Pen Tool

Forum|Forum|12 years ago
June 20, 2013
15 replies
566 views

In previous versions of Photoshop you could press the + or - keys to change the path mode for the shape you're about to draw to "combine" or "subtract". This still works with the standard shape tools (rectangle, ellipse, etc), but not with the Pen Tool. Pressing the keys either does nothing or changes the currently selected shape to combine/subtract.

This topic has been closed for replies.

J

jrsigerson

Known Participant

This was actually working for me in CC 2014: with a path selected, I could change the operation with the - = keys, but the indicator in the tool bar would not reflect the change.

In 2015, the toolbar icon changes, but the path operation does not. You can change the operation for the NEXT path component you create, but not the one currently selected.

Is this how it used to be? I can't even remember.

strawbo13

Adobe Employee

Confirmed that we fixed one thing, and broke another. +/- with Shape and Pen tools selected works fine in CC 2015, but no longer works with the Path/Direct Select (White/black arrows) selected. We are investigating a fix for this issue now. Thanks for your help in clarifying this issue!

J

J453

Legend

I'm not able to reproduce this. Maybe I'm not understanding the problem. Could you make a screen cap of what you're seeing when it works, and what you're seeing when it doesn't? That may help us troubleshoot.

P

PhilippAntoniAuthor

Known Participant

Wait... Am I dreaming or can you now no longer change the path mode of existing shapes with the +/- keys with the Path Selection Tool?

P

PhilippAntoniAuthor

Known Participant

Can confirm. Thanks!

J

J453

Legend

This should be fixed in the Photoshop CC (2015) update.