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christinetoh
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November 9, 2016
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Copy and paste shortcut color code not working on Photoshop

  • November 9, 2016
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Hi I'm using the following specs below:

- iMac 27" Late 2013

- Mac OS Sierra 10.12.1

- Photoshop CC 2017

For some reason, the copy (Command+C) and paste (Command+V) shortcuts do not work on the colour panels a while ago, when the version was in CC 2015, and also now after updating to 2017. The copy and paste shortcuts work on the artboard/canvas though. And the funny thing is the commands work on other programs like Illustrator, it's only persistent in Photoshop.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Photoshop, resetting Preferences/Settings, installing latest Java for Mac. But the problem still persists.

Hopefully someone can help cause it's very irritating to have to use my mouse to right-click to copy/paste colour codes on Photoshop since I'm using it for work purposes.

Thanks!

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    Correct answer Andrew Tebbott

    I can confirm that changing my keyboard to British solved this problem for me.  I've been unable to copy/paste to/from my hex field for a while now - was frustrating having to manually type out hex references!   Thanks so much Adam.

    22 replies

    JangoSnow
    JangoSnow
    Participant
    October 6, 2017

    Changing the keyboard setting from "ABC Extended" to "ABC" fixed this for me! Works fine with British too but I didn't want to deal with £ replacing the # when I press shift-3, plus any other possibly differences.

    Running an iMac 2017 with Sierra 10.12.6 and Photoshop CC 2017.

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    userx.com.au
    Participant
    August 22, 2017

    Hello, I'm having the same issue. Any help would be highly appreciated

    joshklpa
    joshklpa
    Participant
    August 15, 2017

    I was having this issue out of nowhere.

    I changed my RGB working space to sRGB and the problem went away.

    To do the same thing, go to Edit > Color Settings > Working Spaces > RGB: > sRGB IEC61966-2.1

    Hope this helps!

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    lenartl-l
    Participant
    February 15, 2017

    Hi,

    I have the same problem, when on Slovenian keyboard the copy, paste functions are not working but if I switch on US keyboard it works normally.

      David Mohr
      Community Manager
      David MohrCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      October 10, 2017

      Howdy Lenart,

      What seems to be the problem with Slovenian keyboards on Mac?  I just tried it and didn't see an issue.  What OS version and PS version are you running.  I only see one Slovenian layout, so I assume we're using the same one.  Please let me know.

      Thanks,

      David

      p.s. -- we are still looking into the ABC Extended issue.

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      leighbardsley
      Participant
      October 20, 2017

      I've also been having this problem for some time but with the Maori input source. Another shortcut that doesn't work is the cmd+tilde shortcut to switch to the next tab. However cmd+shift+tilde to go to the previous tab does work.

      In all cases switching to the US input source fixes it.

      My keyboard is the standard US mac one. OS X 10.12.6. PS 19.0.

      Thanks!

      a.valos
      a.valos
      Participating Frequently
      February 15, 2017

      Greetings from Finland. Changing the keyboard layout in Mac Os X Sierra from "Finnish - Extended" to "Finnish" also fixed this issue.

        PECourtejoie
        Community Expert
        PECourtejoieCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        February 8, 2017

        Sahil.Chawla​, did you ping the Illustrator team about this? I can if you didn't do it, as it is not normal to change one's keyboard if it was not needed before.

        Sahil.Chawla
        Adobe Employee
        Sahil.Chawla
        Adobe Employee
        February 8, 2017

        Hi PECourtejoie , I guess there is a confusion here because I have not replied to this forum thread.

        PECourtejoie
        Community Expert
        PECourtejoieCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        February 9, 2017

        Indeed, but you have marked an answer as being correct...

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        Anonymous
        February 7, 2017

        Right Click Copy/paste work

        try it

          annettemarieprice
          annettemarieprice
          Participating Frequently
          March 1, 2018

          Control-click (or right-click) copy and paste fixes this for me. Thanks!

          Andrew Tebbott
          Andrew TebbottCorrect answer
          Participant
          January 25, 2017

          I can confirm that changing my keyboard to British solved this problem for me.  I've been unable to copy/paste to/from my hex field for a while now - was frustrating having to manually type out hex references!   Thanks so much Adam.

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            adamj60561348
            Participant
            January 25, 2017

            This is a keyboard settings issue.

            I fixed this by:

            Going to Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources

            Clicking plus ( + ) and adding the British layout to the list (or whatever is appropriate for your keyboard).

            Make sure "Show input menu in menu bar" is checked

            In the menu item in the top right change to the British setting (instead of ABC Extended which was my default).

            This also fixed my issue with the pound sign £ not working with shift.

            I think it's a Sierra default keyboard settings issue with British keyboard layouts.

              PECourtejoie
              Community Expert
              PECourtejoieCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              January 25, 2017

              Thank you Adam! could others confirm, so that I can tag this answer as the correct one?

              a.valos
              a.valos
              Participating Frequently
              January 25, 2017

              Not helping with the Finnish keyboard layout. I'm using "Finnish Extended" already. Still can't copy/paste hexacodes in the color picker hexa text input. Only with mouse.

              a.valos
              a.valos
              Participating Frequently
              January 18, 2017

              Same problem here!

              Mac Os X Sierra 10.12.2

              iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015

              Latest Creative Cloud and PhotoShop

              Copy & Paste shortcuts don't work in color picker.

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