How Alt+Backspace shortcut works? (silly question)

[Gast]

Hello,

Sometimes I'm reading a tutorial and they say I should use Alt+Backspace shortcut in order to fill the selection with foreground color.

But everytime I try that on a selection a floating dropdown menu appears (options: Restore, Move, Size, Minimize...)

It's silly, but I would like to know how to use that properly.

Thanks,

[Jeff Arola]

That's the right shortcut on windows to fill a selection with the foreground color.

Are you talking about that menu popping up on the top left of the photoshop window?

fill shortcuts:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSD578BD7D-07BC-46f6-AAC2-6E491E8AD818a.html#WSB3EC70...

What version of photoshop and version of windows?

[Gast]

Hello R_Kelly,

It's exactly this issue, this menu popping up on the top left of the photoshop window.

My specification:

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended - Version 12.1 x64

Windows 7 Ultimate

Thanks for your attention!

[Noel Carboni · Accepted solution]

Backspace and spacebar are not the same thing.

Backspace is your Delete key that you use to delete characters you just typed.

-Noel

[Gast]

Hey Noel,

Huge thanks! Now I'm pretty sure: I'm a dumb.

I didn't realized this obvious thing.

Sorry for that.

And thanks for your attention 😃

[Noel Carboni]

Not at all, don't slight yourself.  It's a complex UI and no one has it all down pat.  Glad I could be of help.

-Noel

[gener7]

Nice catch,Noel. I was pretty sure he was talking about the "Backspace" key. I never used the Alt + Spacebar command which works for most any Windows app.

Well,there goes the old standard "reset prefs" advice. 

[Stefan_Boeker]

I want this shortcut back!!!

The new shortcuts don'nt work for me.

I totally lost my old workflow  😞

[Stefan_Boeker]

Oh, for some reason it didn't worked.  Now the shortcut is there again 🙂