Step Backward keyboard shortcut not working, infurating!

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March 25, 2013
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Running the latest Photoshop CS6 on Mac and the Step Backward keyboard shorcut does not work at all. Command-Z works fine; Command-Option-Z does nothing. I don't believe I'm running any custom keyboard apps that would interfere, and when I check Photoshop's Keyboard Shortcuts it's right there (correctly set as the default). Has anyone else run into this problem before? Thanks for any insights!

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shakyrac4295416

Participant

Mine is the opposite, command+z does nothing and command+option+z worked. Thanks!

warriors1234

Participant

Had same problem, found the solution. Command option Z is the shortcut, but I found it does not work if pressed all 3 together (at same time).

It worked when I pressed Command, then option, then Z last. Hopefully this works for you too.

RandallAGordon

Participant

Spectacle was the "issue" for me as well. Go into its Preferences and hit the "x" next to the Undo and Redo to clear the hotkeys for those functions (or simply remap them).

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nongvfkjhgnlhljgvjgdhcfvd

Participant

Spectacle did the same for me... Disabled it and everything works like before.

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warder21

Participant

I had this problem when i was running an app called spectacle (allows you to move windows around screens with keyboard shortcuts). As soon as i disabled spectacle the shortcuts worked again on photoshop.

So, i suppose my suggestion would be to check you are not running any global apps that take-over keyboard shortcuts.

IamNoodle

Participant

THANK YOU! After reading this I turned off spectacle and now all photoshop shortcuts are working. By chance have you found a work around so that you can have spectacle running and photoshop running without these issues?

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robertwhyte

Participant

Downloading latest version from Adobe worked for me. Try this before throwing away preferences. It could save your customisations and therefore a lot of time and angst.

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Anonymous

Yes. I'm seeing the same behavior. I took a look at the keyboard shortcut and it is still the set like it should work (i.e., Command-Option-Z).

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Paul Wright Photography

Participating Frequently

I have just installed CS6. Having the same Ctrl+Alt+Z issue on my PC.

The step back command in keyboard shortcuts is set to command is set to Ctrl+Alt+Z.

Absolutely driving me nuts.

-pwp

PECourtejoie

Community Expert

Hello!

Do you have a third party application that is running in the background that might steal that shortcut? What is strange is two of you use mac, another uses a PC.

Are you trying with regular layers, on linear history?