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FinntheHumanXL
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December 20, 2019
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How to lock guides by default in Photoshop?

  • December 20, 2019
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Is there anyway how to lock guides by default? Everytime I open Photoshop I have to re-lock guides to avoid moving them accidentally. Is there anyway to this? Please help.

 

 

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    Stephen Marsh
    Community Expert
    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 21, 2019

    I second the advice from Nikunj. The only other alternative that I can think of is to create a single-step action to lock guides. Next, set up the Script Events Manager to play this action when Photoshop is opened and when a new document is opened etc.

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    Nesm
    Participant
    October 17, 2020

    Lock guides cannot be recorded in action

    Stephen Marsh
    Community Expert
    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 17, 2020

    I never mentioned "recording" the lock guides command...

     

     

    You are correct, it can't be "recorded", however, it can be inserted into an action.

     

      nikunj.m
      Community Manager
      nikunj.mCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      December 20, 2019

      Hi there,

       

      We do not have a way to lock the guides in Photoshop by default. You can use the keyboard shorcut to lock the guides when you launch Photoshop.

       

      You can submit this as a feature request here: https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/categories/photoshop_family_photoshop

       

      This forum is monitored by our developers. They can check the feasibility of the feature and may include it in a future update.

       

      Regards,

      Nikunj

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      Ray Michels
      Participant
      January 7, 2021

      To band together community efforts, I suggest liking or adding to an existing feature request on the Photoshop Feedback site originally submitted by Stan Grabowski back in 2017 JAN:
      https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/photoshop/photoshop-lock-guides-by-default/5f5f45b74b561a3d425b9174

      Unfrotunately, you'll have to create yet *another* login to submit to the Photoshop Feedback site. But similar to Stephen's reply to the thread below, there's a helpful Step-by-Step provided by Jeffry Tranberry on the above link that may fill in any gaps.

      With our powers combined we may be able to get locked guides to recognize our desired default states!

      Much excite! Cheers!

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