Go to Layer Mask Shortcut

[jnwbr]

When I use the command\ shortctut to go to a layer mask, I also get the visibility of the mask turned on.

It used to be that shortcut selected the mask, then using just the \ key would togggle on the visibility.

Why does the shortcut also now turn on the mask? For the life of me I can't find what I might have changed or whether the function has changed.

[JJMack]

Where use the shortcut "command\" documentated?  The only Pfotohop Sgortcut I foune  was  onle for  "\"   none for a modifier key + \ there were only 4 occurances of \ when I searcged Adobe's Shortcuts.  photoshop default keyboard shortcuts 

[jnwbr]

Do you see the shortcut in your Channels palette?

Note: I'm using the Legacy Channels Shortcut option in Keyboard Shortcuts.

[JJMack]

I think all the shortcut keys in the channel palette is just like clicking on that channels eye visibility icon on that channel left end.  Which is is basically what the \ shortcut does for th elayer mask channel. So IMO \ and CMD+\ do the same thing. They toggle they toggle the current layer's  layer mask channel rube overlay.   If the current layer does not have a layer mask you not will see layer mask channel in the Channel Palette there will be no CMD+\ shortcut shown.  If the Current layer does not have a layer mask the shortcuts  \ and CMD+\ do nothing.  A layer with a layer mask mut be the current Photoshop target.

[jnwbr]

I understand all that. But for years I've been using the CMD + / shortcut to quickly go to a layer mask in an image. But the visibility was never on until I hit the \ key. Now it's on automatically when using the shortcut. What I'm trying to figure out is whether something changed with the program or some setting on my machine.

[jnwbr]

This is still incredibly frustrating. Every time I choose to go to a mask, the visibility is turned on. so every time I use the shortcut I have to do it twice: once to get the mask, once to turn it off. I'd love to know why in their infinite wisdom, Adobe changed the command/ shorcut on the palette to always initially show the mask.

If it isn't broken, fix it I guess. Sounds like Apple.