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TinRobot44
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March 5, 2020
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Command H does not hide marching ants anymore

  • March 5, 2020
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Using a Mac with CC 20.  Used to be that CMD H would hide the marching ants of a selection.  Now it hides Photoshop. What happened?  How do I fix this, or use a different key to hide the ants?

    Correct answer rp81591898

    Sorry for the confusion. PS 2021 on Mac

    Go to

    - Edit

         -Keyboard Shortcuts

               -Select

                   - View - (Then finally)

                         - Selection Edges.

     

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    Jeff Arola
    Jeff Arola
    Adobe Expert
    March 5, 2020

    If you go View>Extras, what shortcut is listed?

     

    If you go to Photoshop, what shortcut is listed for Hide Photoshop?

     

     

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      TinRobot44Author
      Known Participant
      March 5, 2020

      For Hide Photoshop, the same as in your picture.  As noted above, I managed to change Extras to SHIFT CMD H, so now it says that, so that's my workaround.

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      SteveWeinrebe
      Inspiring
      March 5, 2020

      That's not new on the Mac. CMD-H hides applications on the Mac OS. Maybe you got a new Mac or upgraded your OS. Go to your Apple menu> Preferences and change the keyboard shortcut for hiding applications to CMD-CTRL-H. Then CMD-H will work as expected in Photoshop.

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        TinRobot44Author
        Known Participant
        March 5, 2020

        That makes total sense, but I can't find how to change that keyboard option in Apple Prefs.  Looked under the Keyboard pref and it has all manner of shortcuts, but not that one. Do you know where it is?

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        SteveWeinrebe
        Inspiring
        March 5, 2020

        Sorry I forgot that fixing this behavior has changed - not sure which version or OS - but now:

        In Photoshop go Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, go to View, and change the shortcut for Extras to Cmd-H.

        You'll get a warning that this changes an OS shortcut which is fine (I think the OS shortcut changes to Cmd-Ctrl-H). You may need to quit Photoshop and relaunch, but Cmd-H will hide marching ants after that.

         

        Otherwise you can continue to use Cmd-Ctl-H to hide selections.

          Ussnorway7605025
          Ussnorway7605025
          Brainiac
          March 5, 2020

          Command + D is what you need mate

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          TinRobot44Author
          Known Participant
          March 5, 2020

          No, that deselects the the selection. I just want to hide it so that I don't have to see the marching ants.

            lambiloon
            lambiloon
            Adobe Expert
            March 5, 2020

            You can do that also from Select menu....regards

            Ali Sajjad / Graphic Design Trainer / Freelancer / Adobe Certified Professional
              lambiloon
              lambiloon
              Adobe Expert
              March 5, 2020

              Hi you can check in Preferences and revert to old settings which you want or check the following link....regards

               

              https://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2019/04/viewing-and-hiding-extras-in-photoshop-cc.html

              Ali Sajjad / Graphic Design Trainer / Freelancer / Adobe Certified Professional
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                TinRobot44Author
                Known Participant
                March 5, 2020

                Looked at the link and it seemed logical, but CMD+H was already set for Extras, but pressing that key combo is overtaken by the system hiding the entire application.

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