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alt + delete shortcut not working anymore

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October 22, 2017
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hey, since i updated to photoshop cc 2018 ALT+DEL doesn't fill with the foreground-color anymore. and i cannot add the shortcut manually. why? can this be fixed? i am way to used to this, instead having to double press alt + backspace backspace... not really an improvement

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Correct answer Sahil.Chawla

Hi,

We have released an update for Photoshop which is Photoshop CC (19.0.1). This update includes many (50+) bug fixes for the top customer reported issues in 19.0. To update Photoshop CC to 19.0.1, click "Update" in the Creative Cloud desktop application next to Photoshop CC. Please check this link for more info: Photoshop CC 19.0.1 now available | Photoshop Family Customer Community

Regards,

Sahil

fredl11600511

Inspiring

In response to my own statement above, it was determined that the CC app had stopped updating the Adobe apps--it was showing them as up-to-date instead of showing them as having updates available. When I asked the technician how this could be, he said "Perhaps the apps were installed using the packaging tool and updates were disabled while the package was created." Not really sure what that means--I have installed/updated all of the Adobe apps through CC, and I don't see any option there which allows you to disable update availability. (You can affect notifications, but that was not the issue here.)

Terri Stevens

Legend

Hi Fred,

are you under the impression that the apps update automatically, because they don't? You should get a notification that updates are available, but only if that is turned on in the desktop application preferences and if the desktop app launches at login.

You can force a check for updates by using 'Check for updates' and that's always the best way.

Because of the load on the Adobe servers , notifications are often staggered depending on location, however you should have the latest version now as it's been out for over 6 weeks. The latest version is

Adobe Photoshop Version: 19.0 20171103.r.190 2017/11/03: 1143799 x64

You can check by going to 'system info' under the Help menu and the version is on the first line.

Another problem could be you have disabled some of the Adobe components in the 'Task Manager' of your operating system , in which case you will not be informed of updates.

fredl11600511

Inspiring

I have Photoshop CC v19.0 on Windows. I have been to the Creative Cloud site and there is no update listed as available. When is v19.0.1 going to be released?

Sahil.ChawlaCorrect answer

Adobe Employee

Hi,

We have released an update for Photoshop which is Photoshop CC (19.0.1). This update includes many (50+) bug fixes for the top customer reported issues in 19.0. To update Photoshop CC to 19.0.1, click "Update" in the Creative Cloud desktop application next to Photoshop CC. Please check this link for more info: Photoshop CC 19.0.1 now available | Photoshop Family Customer Community

Regards,

Sahil

epij

Participant

i have the same issue with ALT + Backspace not working.. also pressing ALT (to copy a layer) takes up to one second until you see the "duplicate layer" cursor (which is VERY annoying if you work with keyboard shortcuts a lot). Also my impression is that overall performance is GREATLY reduced in comparison to 2017 version. Some project PSDs are not VERY sluggish, which i never had any performance troubles with.

Switching back to CC 2017 version for the time being, unable to work with the current version :/

Terri Stevens

Legend

you might like to look at my post below

Alt+Delete only works when double tap delete.

It describes making an action to assign a foreground fill to a different key-very easy to do and should suffice till Adobe bring out a fix

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Anonymous

Just found this bug after updating - I use it all the time (ALT + DELETE)

I have also found a way for it to work, ALT + DELETE DELETE - so it double tap on the delete button, fast, to make it work

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plojscherEinsatzAuthor

Inspiring

thank you... thats at least a better workaround

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RimVai

Known Participant

I actually found that with the new PS CC 2018 update the Alt key is getting stuck or is generally slow. Try the brush tool and press alt to get into the eyedropper - what used to be instant, now takes about a second! And it's not even a set delay, seems to be randomly slower and faster!

I discovered the alt+ 2x Del workaround on Friday too, but it's a nuisance as sometimes the fill happens after one tap, sometimes only after two - pretty crap if you're working blindly with masks and selections!

Another weird problem is that if I tap alt in PS on its own - alt now "sticks" and I get those menu bar highlights as if I were using keyboard accessibility options (so I can press F to open the FIle menu, etc).

So far I'm not happy with this update... I'm gonna have to reinstall CC 2017 for now to be able to actually work at my pace...

Simmer1

Community Expert

Hey,

I just tried it with my new update and all seems to be working as normal.

Alt + Delete fills the layer with the with Layer with the foreground color

Shift + Backspace/delete is to fill with background color.

Cheers Sim

Terri Stevens

Legend

Interesting. Must admit I did think this was a Windows only bug and I see you are using a Mac. Alt-del can be used on a PC but usually its alt-backspace. It will be interesting to see if commercial actions are affected.