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NotASpeckOfCereal
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May 4, 2020
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Escape Key and ACR

  • May 4, 2020
  • 4 replies
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1) Select "Camera Raw Filter..." fron the Filter menu

2) Press the 'Escape' key (especially when by accident)

 

EXPECT: confirmation that you want to close the filter, discarding all of your changes (which could be extensive)

 

RESULT: the filter simply goes away, no confirmation (I looked in preferences and found none), no saving of changes anywhere (either to a sidecar file or in memory), nothing.

 

Can this really be true?

 

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    Correct answer jane-e

    Maybe I'm posting this in the wrong place -- is there a better place for Adobe feedback and feature requests?

     


    Hi

    Yes, post to: https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family where the product team will see it.

    ~ Jane

    4 replies

    TheDigitalDog
    TheDigitalDog
    Inspiring
    August 13, 2022

    It is true (always has been) even using ACR proper (not as a Filter). ACR even tells you this but suggests one must use Shift:

    Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
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      kristas5894145
      Participant
      August 12, 2022

      So they've now added a warning, but I accidently dismissed it and there is no way to reset the warning dialogues in the preferences (as exists for all other adobe software). Any ideas? 

      Bojan Živković11378569
      Community Expert
      Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
      Community Expert
      May 4, 2020

      Use Escape only to escape crop mode when you have Crop tool active. Otherwise try with Enter to confirm and exit.

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        NotASpeckOfCerealAuthor
        Known Participant
        May 4, 2020

        I understand how to leave ACR with my edits intact. I'm not looking for the
        right way to do this (because I already know that).

        My point is that it is poor design to allow a simple, accidental ESC key
        press to discard your work unintended.

        In most other applications I use, escaping (and discarding your work)
        usually offers a confirmation, asking if you are sure that's what you
        want to do. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't.

        I tagged "Feature Request" when I posted this message. Please give
        confirmation (with user configurable preferences to not give confirmation
        if so desired).

        Chris

          Pete.Green
          Community Manager
          Pete.GreenCommunity Manager
          May 4, 2020

          Chris, 

          What a beautifully written feature request you have here. Great idea, and thanks for looking out for the accidental keypresses.

           

          Feature request threads are looked at by the engineering team when they pop up over on feedback.photoshop.com: https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/categories/photoshop_family_photoshop

           

          After searching on that platform, I was not able to find a similar request to yours for a confirmation dialog within the Camera Raw filter when pressing Escape. 

           

          Would you be willing to create an Idea thread there with your request?

           

          Regards,

          Pete

            c.pfaffenbichler
            Community Expert
            c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            May 4, 2020

            Sure. 

             

            What is your expectation based on? Do other Filters not also simply close when hitting esc? 

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