How can I make my "Reset [Custom Workspace]" keyboard shortcut stick?

[OSQMSF]

First of all, for Adobe Forums site producer/devs: when typing my question in this textbox, the text is white. At first I thought it wasn’t accepting keyboard input at all, until I selected it. Since I can’t see what I’m writing, I had to draft this in a separate note and paste.

Then I discovered that pressing "Post", rather than actually posting my pasted question, took me to a new page that looks exactly like the last "Start a discussion" page, only with a fully-functioning text box with all the bells and whistles.

This was a wild ride. I have screenshots. Using Firefox Nightly, MacOS Mojave.

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The real question: I use Photoshop on my work computer: Mac laptop with external monitor. The laptop screen is shut most of the time. When I wake the Mac from sleep or switch from large monitor to laptop (for meetings) and back again, my Photoshop workspace rearranges itself.

I’ve created a custom workspace that fits my monitor, but I have to go into the menu and reset it every time, multiple times a day. This gets tedious. So, I tried to create a keyboard shortcut to reset my workspace quickly.

Unfortunately, the keyboard shortcut doesn’t stick. Every time my workspace gets screwed up, the keyboard shortcut to reset it disappears as well, whether or not it’s saved to the workspace. Disappears as in, it no longer works and has vanished from the Keyboard Shortcuts menu, despite having been saved.

It seems like Photoshop reverts to defaults every time I change from monitor to laptop or wake from sleep, so if PS is not using my workspace, it’s probably not able to access the shortcut either. And we’re not allowed to change Photoshop’s default kb shortcuts…

So how can I make my keyboard shortcut, to quickly reset my custom workspace, stick? A script?

(Better yet, it’d be nice if my WS didn’t get shuffled around at all, but barring that possibility I’d at least like to get this working.)

[gener7]

One idea I have as a Macbook Pro owner is to always power down the monitor before putting your Macbook to sleep and power it back on after opening your Macbook. I think you have a better chance of keeping the workspace intact.

[ssimpson_kidscan]

I'm having this same problem on a work laptop. :s Bumping this/replying to keep it from being archived before someone answers.

[Aleke]

Hi @ssimpson_kidscan!

The thread is a bit old, so I recommend creating a new one with details like your operating system and Photoshop version. This way, your comments won't get buried, and we'd love to help!

Thanks a bunch!

Best, Alek 😊

[ssimpson_kidscan]

I managed to make it stick on my machine somehow… maybe getting the shortcut working, saving the workspace, and then closing and reopening photoshop did it?

Commenting on the old thread because this is what comes up when you google this, so it seems more useful to future google-rs to comment here, no guarantee a new thread will be at the top of search.

[Trevor.Dennis]

There are several reasons why bumping an old thread is not the way to go.

1. There have been multiple major updates since this thread was started six years ago, and it is highly unlikely that the cause of a similar issue from back then is still the cause of your current issue.  This is not just limited to Photoshop. Operating systems — mainly Mac OS — have changed and are known to cause issues.
2. The people who can help you are much less likely to open an old thread with lots of replies.