P: PS v25.5&25.6 Missing ALT keyboard shortcuts in panels

[Saskia5CBF]

I updated from Photoshop 25.4 to 25.5 on my Windows 11 PC running the latest patches and I noticed that many keyboard shortcuts using the ALT-key are now gone in editing panels, for instance Image Resize and Image Canvas.

ALT keyboard shortcuts have become something of a hidden feature in Photoshop, because they're only visibile when hold the ALT key pressed down. But when you know this trick it becomes possible to use the keyboard to access options in the PS pull-down menu and change numerical values; it can really speed up your workflow compared to using a mouse.  I only need three key presses to change any option in amy PS panel. Memorize those and you can speed through PS using just the keyboard.

The problem is that the ALT hotkeys that have numerical input fields (like Width and Height in the Canvas Size panel), are gone in Photoshop 25.5 and 25.5.1. Needless to say it worked fine in 25.4 and every other Photoshop version released in the past 20 years.

Take these two screenshot of the Canvas Size panel (image top = PS 25.5, image bottom = PS 25.4). If you hold the ALT key you should not just see the Cancel button change to Reset, but the first letters of options like Width, Height, Relative and Canvas Extension color should now be underlined to indicate that you can press ALT plus an underlined letter to move the keyboard focus to those options.

The same thing is happening in the Image Size panel. (image top = PS 25.5, image bottom = PS 25.4). In the latest PS version the ALT keyboard shortcuts for Luminance, Color Intensity and Fade don't work anymore.

Only a few people have acknowledged this issue in my previous posting. I'm trying again with a better structured post hoping that others can confirm this buy so that this bug will reach the Adobe devs. I rely a lot on ALT keyboard shortcuts in my Photoshop workflow and I'm really unhappy about this bug. The good news is that's incredibly easy to reproduce, the bad news is that probably not that many people even know these ALT keyboard shortcuts exist in the Windows version of Photoshop.

[Sawiro Takoni]

I downgraded to 25.4, since I can't work without shortcust.

All those new "AI" things are (maybe) nice to have, but without shortcuts, the software becomes useless.

[Saskia5CBF]

Damn ... still not fixed ...This is a bit worrying ... I hope this is not going to be one of those things that are NEVER going to be fixed. I'll never upgrade to any new version as long as this bug is there.

[Sawiro Takoni]

Maybe the shortcuts are part of a new subscription model?

Want shortcuts like in the classic '90s?

Make use of Photoshop CC Pro+ for less than $ 10,- a month (15 shortcuts included) or $ 15,- a month (25 shortcuts included).

You can even subscribe to Photoshop CC Pro+ AI edition, with shortcuts suggested by cloud AI!

Just joking, please restore the shortcuts.

I use Photoshop since version 2 or 3, it didn't even have layers back than. And to be honest : I can work without layers, but I can't without shortcuts.

[michaljanata]

Still any news about fixing broken shortcuts?

[Sawiro Takoni]

I feat they don't care.

Maybe I will upgrade to the latest release and fix the problem myself with a tool like Autohotkey.

See https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/ - but come one Adobe, give us back our hotkeys!

[Saskia5CBF]

Photoshop 25.9.1 came out with "minor bug fixes". But the ALT keyboard shortcuts bug still hasn't been fixed.

[Sawiro Takoni]

Let's wait for Photoshop 32.5.2 (release september 2045).

That will fix it.

[michaljanata]

hopefully we will not need any Adobe in 2045 🙂

[Sawiro Takoni]

Why not? I have been using Photoshop since about 1993 (Windows 3.11), that's almost 30 years ago.

So 2055 must be doable.

But on a more serious note; why are they not fixing the shortcuts?

And why did the remove, many years ago, the shortcuts (for quick menu access) when in fullscreen mode?

When NOT in fullscreen mode, you can enter something like;

ALT + T and than N + ENTER to simply go to "filters", select "noise" and execute it.

But when in fullscreen mode (tab F twice) the ALT +T (or whatever shortcut) doesn't work since +/- 10 years.

I used to work trully fullscreen, and had access to all shortcuts back in the days (until +/- 2010 I guess).

[dublove]

Does Adobe officially read the forum?
They don't seem to pay attention to your information.
No one told them.
Or Adobe officially did this intentionally

[michaljanata]

It is almost 5 months from breaking down dialog windows and it is still not fixed.

@Sameer K, what are you still investigating?

Your engeneers do not keep track record of changes to source code? Why they can't fix it? Why do you not communicate?

I read it as very strong disrespect to paying customers! You make our work harder, not better.

[Sameer K]

The team has found the root cause of this behavior.

Thanks for your patience.

Sameer K

[defaultpfooyqk9k2vp]

Hi There!
Just wanted to join in here to testify that this issue is slowing down my workflow significantly.
Apart from all the time it takes to research such upgrade-related issues!

Though I uso nowhere near as advanced shortcuts as Saskia, Alt is needed here for re-applying the same values for any image adjustment operation (just add Alt to the mix)!
So - to me this ain't no gimick, but a tool for my work.
I could do with half the number of updates btw...

[michaljanata]

I just have updated to 25.11 hoping to end my frustration and what do you think?

IT IS STILL NOT FIXED.

Great job, Adobe.

Bad luck I'm member of comapany subs plan, I would leave Adobe immediately.

[Saskia5CBF]

In March we got a notice that the PS team would investigate the bug report, at the start of July we heard that the root cause of the bug had (finally) been found. But when will it be actually fixed? Has the fix been implemented in a beta version perhaps?

[Sawiro Takoni]

Still using 25.3.1 here, the last version before the bug entered our live.

[Saskia5CBF]

25.4 is the last version without the bug.

[dublove]

The same bug still exists in version 25.12.
What's wrong with Adobe, it seems to be intentional.

[Sawiro Takoni]

@Saskia5CBF 

I stand corrected, but it's the only one (for me) without bugs.

I made a list of the version, and the bugs they contain (for me)

# 25.3.1

none

# 25.4.0

color picker error

# 25.5.0

no shortcuts

# 25.7.0

no shortcuts

# all others (above)

no shortcuts

[michaljanata]

@Sameer K Are we getting fix for this bug in this century? We are still paying subscription for software, that is unusable and therefore we cannot update it. 

[Sameer K]

Hi all! We recently released a fix for this behavior with Photoshop (beta). (In Creative Cloud, go to Apps > Beta Apps > Install Photoshop (beta).

The fix will be applied to Photoshop (non-beta) soon.

Please try it and let us know how it goes.

Thanks!

Sameer K

[Sawiro Takoni]

Totally unrelated, but since you are "the shortcut guy" I'll drop it here.

In older Photoshop (like before CS started) one could enter all mainmenu items by pressing something like ALT + S (open selection dropdownmenu from the mainmenu).

This still works, but not in trully fullscreen (tap double F to enter it).

Somehow the mainmenu is only accesible by keyboard, when in sight.

When Photoshop CS cameout (like 15 years ago?) this handy feature (access the mainmenu by shotcuts, even when in fullscreen) was killed... and I want it back to hard!

[michaljanata]

@Sameer K Yes, it seems to be fixed in beta 25.12. Hopefuly it won't breake any other basic feature in final version.

[Saskia5CBF]

I just updated to the non beta 25.12 and the bug has finally been squashed.

Thanks!

[Mohit Goyal]

Hi all,

We are happy to announce the release of Photoshop version 25.12 (public version), which incorporates the resolution for this particular problem. To see the list of all fixed issues, click here

To update Photoshop to 25.12, click "Update" in the Creative Cloud desktop app next to Photoshop. More detailed instructions for updating

Let us know if the update resolves the problem for those affected, and share your feedback.

Thanks,

Mohit