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April 2, 2011
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P: Temporary eraser brush has no keyboard flow control

  • April 2, 2011
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While using an adjustment brush, the "Alt" key (on Windows) temporarily selects the "Eraser" brush which is very convenient. However, the keyboard shortcuts "1"-"0" then no longer set the "Flow" value.

Only if one explicitly chooses the "Eraser" brush one can set the flow strength with the keyboard shortcuts.

Why doesn't "Alt" + set the flow value for the eraser brush? I reported this before through the official Adobe feedback form but like many other submissions I made it didn't result in a response yet.

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    Rikk Flohr_Photography
    Community Manager
    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 27, 2017
    This should be implemented. Is anyone still seeing the issue?
    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
    Rovanpera
    Rovanpera
    Participant
    September 4, 2012
    Does not work in LR4.1 (windows) either...
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 8, 2012
    Is there anything I can do to get this bug acknowledged?

    If it works on a Mac but not on Windows, it is a bug, correct?

    The fix should only take minutes but LR4 beta still has the bug.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 22, 2012
    I noticed that the bug (one cannot set the flow of the temporary eraser brush with the keyboard) still persists in LR4 beta (Windows 7, 32 bit version).

    Any chance this can be fixed for LR4 final?
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 15, 2011
    Should this be a feature request, rather than a bug report?
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 26, 2011
    Thanks for confirming, Rob.
    areohbee
    areohbee
    Legend
    May 24, 2011
    I confirm - sounds like a bug, although I never knew there was a temporary eraser until just now - thanks for the tip!
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 24, 2011
    Can anyone else using LR on Windows confirm that they cannot use the "Alt" key and a number key "0-9" to set the flow of the (temporarily selected) Eraser brush?

    If it works on a Mac but doesn't on a Windows machine, it seems to be a bug. I'm happy to create a feature request, if that's more appropriate, though.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 5, 2011
    Thanks, Gene.

    I have never been able to change the flow of the (temporarily activated) eraser brush using the keyboard since LR 3 beta (first LR version I used).

    This is on Windows XP, SP3. LR 3.4RC.

    I miss the keyboard controls because they allow such a quick and precise setting of the flow.
    Gene McCullagh
    Gene McCullagh
    Known Participant
    April 5, 2011
    Hopefully the team will see this and add it to the list. I can verify that it does work on a Mac. Using the Option + 1 or 2 or ... will adjust the flow on the eraser.

    Perhaps those having this problem could comment and add LR version and OS version to the comment. There may be some correlation that could assist the team in tracking down the issue.
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