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jeremyc944940
Participating Frequently
October 18, 2017

P: Shortcuts using Alt key aren't working correctly (e.g. Alt-Backspace)

  • October 18, 2017
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I need to press Alt-Backspace two times in a row to get it to fill foreground color after updating to CC 2018 this morning. Is there a setting change I need to make or is this a bug? Thanks for a quick reply. This is a big part of my job as a comic book colorist and driving me nuts today.

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Inspiring
October 24, 2017
Also works partially for me. As Sergey  changing blending modes still don't . Anyway, thanks a lot !
Jonny Shaw
Known Participant
October 24, 2017
and another here!  Guessing this is an issue for all.  Please fix this urgently!  If you're going to push major updates out without basic testing like this, really should be hotfixes for issues like this a lot sooner (and more often!)
Inspiring
October 23, 2017
Same issue here on Windows 7.  If I do Alt+Del and hit the Delete key a second time it works, but it's really frustrating not having the Alt+Backspace fill shortcut that I've been using for years.  Come on Adobe!
mattwattsart
Known Participant
October 21, 2017
Hi guys, same problem. I did find that if I hold Alt and press Backspace 5 times really quick, it manages to fill for me every time. Hopefully Adobe will get it back to normal soon.
Inspiring
October 20, 2017
There is not much to investigate. The Alt key when pressed automatically goes to the top menu ... But you should only do this if you press and not when "hold"! Understood? The Alt key does the same thing every time. It does not matter if you pressed or held go to the top menu.
Inspiring
October 20, 2017
Yup at first I thought it was me and that I had to restart the program, that didn't work. Then I rebooted the computer and then started it, that didn't work.

Really messing up my workflow.

Hope it is fixed soon.
Participating Frequently
October 19, 2017
same issue on windows 7
Inspiring
October 19, 2017

See this response from an Adobe employee in another thread. Here's hoping it gets fixed soon as I rely heavily on keyboard shortcuts and muscle memory cannot be undone overnight 😞

"There is an issue with the Alt+ modifier key on Windows we are investigating. This is not an intentional change."

Re: Step Backwards and other keyboard shortcuts broken CC 2018

Participating Frequently
October 19, 2017
Now, John, you and I know that it was much more important to get those Rich Tooltip popups working so that we can be told how to use tools we've used every single day for years.  What do we need hotkeys for, anyway?  We should just use the paint bucket like MS Paint users.  It's good enough for them, so why not us, too?  I think if we're just patient and wait for CC 2019, it might get fixed - but only after they finish adding the in-app pop-up spam for Adobe Stock like they did in Illustrator.  
Participant
October 19, 2017
I have been using Photoshop for 22 years in animation, film, game dev and other odd projects.  I'm astounded this error passed the development team and it begs the question as to the quality of their testing environment.  Cmon Adobe, pick it up.