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April 18, 2022
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ALL I WANT IS THE ACCESS UNDERLINE TO BE DISABLED!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • April 18, 2022
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I have no idea how but when ever I press either L-ALT or R-ALT it will underline a single letter in the menus at the top (underline access used for when you don't have a mouse or something to navagiate the sccreen). It is messing with my work flow so much I am considering using other software that is way less expensive and actually allows me to disable features! 

 

I have this setting disabled in my windows setting and it doesn't do it anywhere else on my computer, ONLY IN ADOBE PRODUCTS! This issue is common across every single device that I use.

 

Any help with resolving this issue would be greatly apprecitated.

Correct answer Averdahl
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Any help with resolving this issue would be greatly apprecitated.


By @Certified

 

The only solution is to create shortcuts that don´t includes the ALT-key. Shift+Alt+L is ok but just Alt+L or Alt+any other letter will trigger this in any Windows application.

 

Just pressing the ALT-key alone and let go of it trigger this in all apps and it is hard coded into Windows and cannot be disabled. Try it and you will see it. (See the attached image of non-Adobe apps.)

 

Remap the shortcuts to lets say Shift+L and Shift+R and avoid using the Alt-key in shortcuts such as Alt+L, etc.

 

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Averdahl
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AverdahlCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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April 18, 2022
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Any help with resolving this issue would be greatly apprecitated.


By @Certified

 

The only solution is to create shortcuts that don´t includes the ALT-key. Shift+Alt+L is ok but just Alt+L or Alt+any other letter will trigger this in any Windows application.

 

Just pressing the ALT-key alone and let go of it trigger this in all apps and it is hard coded into Windows and cannot be disabled. Try it and you will see it. (See the attached image of non-Adobe apps.)

 

Remap the shortcuts to lets say Shift+L and Shift+R and avoid using the Alt-key in shortcuts such as Alt+L, etc.

 

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    CertifiedAuthor
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    April 22, 2022

    Hey Averdahl,

     

    Ahhhhh ok that makes a lot of sense.

     

    My fear was that was the case. Gotta love windows :   ).

     

    Thank you for the reply,

     

    Connor

      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil Haugen
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      April 18, 2022

      If you've got Windows to ignore the Alt key in any other app, please do tell how!

       

      I've never ever been able to find a way to disable that for Windows ... and I've searched through tons of user forums and such for it.

       

      Neil

      Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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      CertifiedAuthor
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      April 22, 2022

      Hey Neil,

       

      This is only to disable the underline access so hopefully this is what you are looking for.

       

      Go to your windows settings > ease of access > keyboard then scroll down until you see the heading "Change how keyboard shortcuts work" then finally disable "underline access keys".

       

      This is the only thing that I have been able to find online but it does not seem to have any effects that I can see.

       

      Sorry I couldn't be more help,

       

      Connor

      Harold Silva
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      Harold SilvaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 18, 2022

      Al parecer segun lo que nos cuentas es que tus configuraciones de teclado han sido cambiadas, lo que debes hacer es restaurar la congiguracion de atajos de tecalo a su forma nativa desde el panel de atajos
      Borra la opcion personalizad o cambia a alguna prdeterninada:

      Salu2

       

      Harold Silva B.
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      CertifiedAuthor
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      April 22, 2022

      Hey Harold,

       

      Unfortunatley the solution isn't as simple as that, thank you for the reply though.

       

      I am using the default keyboards for all of my adobe suites software.

       

      Best,

       

      Connor

      Jeff Bellune
      Jeff Bellune
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      April 18, 2022

      What do you want to happen when you press those key combinations?

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      CertifiedAuthor
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      April 22, 2022

      Hey Jeff,

       

      I am just looking to disable the feature that underlines access keys. As it always interfears with my workflow and causes me to get quite annoyed.

       

      An example would be if im using alt + mouse scroll to zoom on my time line, I use a hot key for the selector (v) and it opens up my view menu because I had pressed alt without following it up with another input.

       

      It is just very anonnoying to have to keep pressing esc or clicking off the menu.

       

      So what I would like to happen is for just tapping alt to do nothing but there is no key bindings for "underline access keys".

       

      Best,

       

      Connor

       

       

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      brian287530994hpc
      Participant
      October 15, 2024

      alt+v will trigger regardless of the underline settings. why are the underlines confusing you? just ignore them.

       

      i take it you're a person used to macs... windows has ways to shortcut everything, you'll get used to it. but alt+[key] ALWAYS activates the menu, this is how it works in windows. macs FINALLY kinda enabled similar functionaly with the option key. but it only KINDA works.

       

      why are you using ALT+SCROLL? that's a weird combo.

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