alt + delete shortcut not working anymore

[plojscherEinsatz]

hey, since i updated to photoshop cc 2018 ALT+DEL doesn't fill with the foreground-color anymore. and i cannot add the shortcut manually. why? can this be fixed? i am way to used to this, instead having to double press alt + backspace backspace... not really an improvement

[Terri_Stevens]

this is a known bug that has slipped through beta testing. All you can do is wait for an update to be posted

[plojscherEinsatz]

thanky for the headup. so i'll wait

[bardiaelmi]

Hi
today is 7/10/2024 and this issue is not solved and Alt+delete is not working for fill in photoshop yet.

[Simmer1]

Hey,

I just tried it with my new update and all seems to be working as normal.

Alt + Delete fills the layer with the with Layer with the foreground color

Shift + Backspace/delete is to fill with background color.

Cheers Sim

[Terri_Stevens]

Interesting. Must admit I did think this was a Windows only bug and I see you are using a Mac. Alt-del can be used on a PC but usually its alt-backspace. It will be interesting to see if commercial actions are affected.

[Simmer1]

That's a good point Terri.

[Guest]

Just found this bug after updating - I use it all the time (ALT + DELETE)

I have also found a way for it to work, ALT + DELETE DELETE - so it double tap on the delete button, fast, to make it work

[plojscherEinsatz]

thank you... thats at least a better workaround

[RimVai]

I actually found that with the new PS CC 2018 update the Alt key is getting stuck or is generally slow. Try the brush tool and press alt to get into the eyedropper - what used to be instant, now takes about a second! And it's not even a set delay, seems to be randomly slower and faster!

I discovered the alt+ 2x Del workaround on Friday too, but it's a nuisance as sometimes the fill happens after one tap, sometimes only after two - pretty crap if you're working blindly with masks and selections!

Another weird problem is that if I tap alt in PS on its own - alt now "sticks" and I get those menu bar highlights as if I were using keyboard accessibility options (so I can press F to open the FIle menu, etc).

So far I'm not happy with this update... I'm gonna have to reinstall CC 2017 for now to be able to actually work at my pace...

[Guest]

Totally agree-  my PS definately has some slow down on the Keyboard shortcuts, and this is a  pain as its what I use all the time and reply on

[chris dinardo]

Going back to 2017 - as usual, Adobe has screwed the pooch with an update

[elainec1625049]

Nice work around! I have always used Alt+Delete didn't know Alt+Backspace also worked. but for both need to tap the Backspace/Delete twice now.

Ttherefore, it isn't working on my wacom side express keys..hope they fix this soon! (for now I am trying to get use to filling with the background color or just switch to fill bucket )

Only problem I have had with my 2018 though.

[Terri_Stevens]

One thing you can try Elaine is pressing the 'x' key to swap foreground and background colors, then ctrl-backspace (on Windows) and that will of course paste in the original foreground color. That should work on your tablet-so 'x' on the keyboard followed by the tablet button for background fill.Another thing that works surprisingly is the 'modifier panel' If you depress 'alt' on that and backspace the shortcut does work as before even though it's broken when used by the keyboard.

[elainec1625049]

I knew about the x thing, but still an annoying extra step to get use to.

But you did remind me I have the alt modifier set up for eyedropper on my pen.

Still requires pressing backspace twice haha

[dagibbo]

So I've read above that some of you are experiencing slowdowns with shortcut keys, I thought I just had a messed up keyboard, anyone experiencing a delay with the tab key?  I mean, when I want to save a file under a different ext, it takes a while for it to start tabbing through the different options.

[neg5CBA]

It really saved me! thanks. thanks. thanks

[epij]

i have the same issue with ALT + Backspace not working.. also pressing ALT (to copy a layer) takes up to one second until you see the "duplicate layer" cursor (which is VERY annoying if you work with keyboard shortcuts a lot). Also my impression is that overall performance is GREATLY reduced in comparison to 2017 version. Some project PSDs are not VERY sluggish, which i never had any performance troubles with.

Switching back to CC 2017 version for the time being, unable to work with the current version 😕

[Terri_Stevens]

you might like to look at my post below

Alt+Delete only works when double tap delete.

It describes making an action to assign a foreground fill to a different key-very easy to do and should suffice till Adobe bring out a fix

[Sahil.Chawla · Accepted solution]

Hi,

We have released an update for Photoshop which is Photoshop CC (19.0.1). This update includes many (50+) bug fixes for the top customer reported issues in 19.0. To update Photoshop CC to 19.0.1, click "Update" in the Creative Cloud desktop application next to Photoshop CC. Please check this link for more info: Photoshop CC 19.0.1 now available | Photoshop Family Customer Community

Regards,

Sahil

[fredl11600511]

I have Photoshop CC v19.0 on Windows. I have been to the Creative Cloud site and there is no update listed as available. When is v19.0.1 going to be released?

[fredl11600511]

In response to my own statement above, it was determined that the CC app had stopped updating the Adobe apps--it was showing them as up-to-date instead of showing them as having updates available. When I asked the technician how this could be, he said "Perhaps the apps were installed using the packaging tool and updates were disabled while the package was created." Not really sure what that means--I have installed/updated all of the Adobe apps through CC, and I don't see any option there which allows you to disable update availability. (You can affect notifications, but that was not the issue here.)

[Terri_Stevens]

Hi Fred,

are you under the impression that the apps update automatically, because they don't? You should get a notification that updates are available, but only if that is turned on in the desktop application preferences and if the desktop app launches at login.

You can force a check for updates by using 'Check for updates' and that's always the best way.

Because of the load on the Adobe servers , notifications are often staggered depending on location, however you should have the latest version now as it's been out for over 6 weeks. The latest version is

Adobe Photoshop Version: 19.0 20171103.r.190 2017/11/03: 1143799  x64

You can check by going to 'system info' under the Help menu and the version is on the first line.

Another problem could be you have disabled some of the Adobe components in the 'Task Manager' of your operating system , in which case you will not be informed of updates.