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Inspiring
May 31, 2018

P: Restore shortcut for deleting swatches by alt+click (win) opt+click (macOS)

  • May 31, 2018
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Used to be able to quickly delete swatches by this method. Now you have to right click + Delete or go into Preset Manager which both add several steps. Why in the world would this shortcut to swatch management been removed?

12 replies

Kukurykus
Legend
July 31, 2018
Hmm that was stil avialable in last release. I don't see reasons it was deleted:

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/clear-recent-swatches-in-photoshop-swatches-p...
Inspiring
May 31, 2018
> Why in the world would this shortcut to swatch management been removed? >

It's my understanding too many people complained that the Alt-Opt shortcut to deleting a swatch made them lose the swatch accidentally. I never had that happen and liked the shortcut, but we probably have to live with the extra step of using the c-s menu.

It's not even in the Panel Menu to make it a custom shortcut—perhaps that ought to be the feature request (idea). It might get more traction than asking them to reinstate something removed due to complaints — perhaps from the studies they conduct with customers on-site, whatever.