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Peter A Lund
Peter A Lund
Inspiring
October 30, 2023
Question

How can I find a menu point in the keyboard assign menu?

  • October 30, 2023
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Hi, 

 

this is hunting me for so long so I need to adress this. 

We have a very good way of searching and finding and assigning  keyboardshortcuts in

Premiere and AE , why is this not adapted in PS? 

 

And : 

 

I want to assign a shortcut to "show in finder" (for a file, image) [wild that it does not exist]

And I cant find this in the menu structure of the keyboard shortcut menu and the best part:

I cant search for it 

And if I use the "help" to show me in which menu this is situated I only get  "find in Finder in the "Smart Objects" menu of PS. 

 

So is there a way to assign this shortcut or not? 

Do i need to use the OS shortcut assign method? 

 

Why is this? 

 

To know where the file is located is a very important feature that I use all the time. 

 

#shortcuts #assign #createshortcuts 

 

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    gener7
    Community Expert
    gener7Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 30, 2023

    I can't say why a feature in one Adobe app is not implemented in another. But I can help with your Finder issue. You normally right or control click on the active Document Tab and select "Reveal in Finder" from the context menu, but there is no shortcut nor can you assign one in Photoshop.

     

    This is best remedied with a script and a shortcut to that script.

    This script provided by Stephen A. Marsh.

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/how-to-reveal-file-in-finder/m-p/13182822

     

    Instructions:

    https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

    Use these instructions to create the .jsx script. Drop it in the Presets/Scripts folder in your current Ps version and restart Ps so that it shows up in the File > Scripts menu. You can try it out from the menu, but you'll like a keyboard shortcut.

    Go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts  Make sure Application menus is the shortcut type and find a shortcut, preferably an unreserved one:  Opt+Cmd+. (period) Have fun and I should be around if you get stuck.

     

    Script:

    // Open Document Parent Folder.jsx

#target photoshop

try {
    activeDocument.path;
    activeDocument.path.execute();
} catch (e) {
    alert("Unsaved document - there is no containing folder to open!");
}

     

    Peter A Lund
    Peter A LundAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 30, 2023

    Wow, 

    for me this is so important. 

    Any other that would like this shortcut? 

     

     

    And I guess that Stephen A. Marsh has also had the same issue. 

     

    I am going to make a request. 

     

    Thanxs gener7 

     

    Did you know that there is a programmer in wales that dsitributes 

     

    gener8 for Modul8 ? 

     

    (Modul8 VJ software from garagecube, very nice if you want to present visuals and having fun with video and graphics.) 

     

    And gener8 is a scripting extension for the app. 

     

    https://collectedconsciousness.net/

     

    cheers ... Peter 

     

     

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