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August 17, 2021

P: Backspace Key Deletes Layers - Photoshop 22.5 - Windows

  • August 17, 2021
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Just wanted this noted at Adobe...

 

Downloaded 22.5 this morning, and now when I go to manually enter values into a layer (ie Hue/Saturation) I cannot use the backspace key to delete the numerical value. It will first delete the layer mask, then delete the layer entirely.

 

This is a pain if you're doing lots of product photography, where you're replicating the same values over a large number of photos. I need to carefully highlight the number I want to change, then type in the value, without accidentally hitting the backspace key.

 

This may be a planned change, a quick way to delete a layer mask or layer, but it is not helpful for all users. 

 

I will do my workaround, but it's slowing down my output. 

 

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Participant
August 24, 2021

Allowed Photoshop to update to 22.5.0 this morning and now whenever I change my brush opacity all layers are automatically flattened. I'm using a Microsoft Surface Pro 6 and the on-screen keyboard opens when adjusting oppacity, I don't know if that's what's triggering the issue, but it wasn't happening while using the previous version yesterday. The issue also persists after a full restart of the PC.

 

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Participating Frequently
August 17, 2021

Since the latest update, I've been experiencing issues with the backspace key + adjusting opacity of a layer.

What's happening?

Instead of removing the numbers/% in the opacity, uhh, box-thingy -- my layers are being deleted one-by-one.

HERE'S A VIDEO SCREEN CAPTURE OF MY EXPERIENCE 

All in all, I hate it. It [removed by moderator] me off. I've uttered "WHAT THE [removed by moderator] !?" about 4 times before I discovered my backspace key was the culprit to my frustrations.

Any idea on how to keep me calm and carry on photo-shopping blissfully? 

Thanks in advance,
Jef

Jeff Arola
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 18, 2021

Yes that's a known issue in photoshop 22.5 and has been reported over here.

Feel free to add a comment.

 

https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/photoshop/photoshop-225-backspace-key-deletes-layers-windows/611bfeb1e7ad7876d43852e6

Inspiring
August 24, 2021

Also wanna put my hand up that I hate this issue. It affects any text input on the interface and it's unbelievably frustrating. 

Inspiring
August 23, 2021

Adding to the frustration. It's beyond irritating when messing with Opacity and suddenly, everything disappears.

Inspiring
August 23, 2021

I came here to cry about this - it's awful, really an impediment to efficiency

Inspiring
August 23, 2021

It happens on every text input I've tried in the interface (positions, sizes, etc).

I work a lot with transforms and shapes  and it has completely broken my workflow on Windows.

Inspiring
August 23, 2021

Same. Incredibly frustrating. Has slowed my workflow considerably. 

Inspiring
August 22, 2021

Same here since today. 

Inspiring
August 21, 2021

I am using the search button for brushes and every time I hit backspace, it deletes my layers. I believe this is a bug that needs to be fix

Inspiring
August 18, 2021
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Inspiring
August 17, 2021

Thank you! Much appreciated.