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Inspiring
September 11, 2015
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P: Transparency toggle hot key please

  • September 11, 2015
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In photoshop I would like a hot key to toggle background transparency on and off. (instead of having to go to preferences and select the pulldown to turn it on or off). and yes I know you can set up a keyboard equiv, but then you still have to pull down the options to turn on and off, it's just not quick) Or, maybe a check box on the top tool bar.thanks.

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 15, 2019
    If the grid is turned on and off via the pref there doesn't seem to be a canvas update. At least visually. What makes running an action to do the same thing different?
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    J453
    Legend
    January 15, 2019
    Looks like Command+Shift+d is used for reselect in Photoshop, so we probably wouldn't be able to match that. The action method might be the best bet if we can get the action playback and canvas update to work correctly. (not a common request)
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 15, 2019
    I also notice Illustrator has a set command of  Command+Shift+d to toggle the grid. Pretty much stumbled on to it.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 15, 2019
    That's it!
    And when I said keyboard shortcut, I meant Action.
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    J453
    Legend
    January 14, 2019
    There's something borked there if you try and record an action and play it back. You need to tickle the zoom of the document for the change to take effect. I've asked engineering to take a look. It's been this way since at least CS6.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 14, 2019
    Agreed. I tried making a keyboard shortcut for the preference and it "kind" of works but depending on the viewing percentage of the document, it may or may or may not appear.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 14, 2019
    I posted about it 3 years ago and still no luck. It sure would come in handy to toggle it on and off. You can’t see fine detail over the transparency grid. I keep the transparency grid off most of the time but would like to quick check it sometimes.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 14, 2019
    I stumbled on to the shortcut in Illustrator to toggle the transparency grid and thought there must be a shortcut in PS that does the same which I missed after all these years. Apparently not.

    Maybe worry less about screwing around with stupid things like the transform/shift key nonsense in 2019 and create options that make sense?
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