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How to remove layer color options in menu?

Explorer ,
Sep 04, 2021 Sep 04, 2021

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Hi, when I right click a layer, for example to copy and past a layer style, there are eight rows of color options 'in the way'. I would like to disable the layer color options in this menu, is this possible? It's really redundant and it should be put somewhere else, or at the very least at the top of the list.

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Community Expert ,
Sep 04, 2021 Sep 04, 2021

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It depends on where you contextually click... Different behaviour for the eye icon, layer preview icon, layer name text and the "fx" at the far right. You probably want to right click the "fx".

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Community Expert ,
Sep 04, 2021 Sep 04, 2021

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Alternatively, you could install the following scripts to copy and paste layer effects and assign custom keyboard shortcuts to them.

 

COPY:

 

// app.runMenuItem(stringIDToTypeID('copyEffects'));
// or
var idcopyEffects = stringIDToTypeID( "copyEffects" );
executeAction( idcopyEffects, undefined, DialogModes.NO );

 

PASTE:

 

// app.runMenuItem(stringIDToTypeID('pasteEffects'));
// or
var idpasteEffects = stringIDToTypeID( "pasteEffects" );
    var desc1033 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idallowPasteFXOnLayerSet = stringIDToTypeID( "allowPasteFXOnLayerSet" );
    desc1033.putBoolean( idallowPasteFXOnLayerSet, true );
executeAction( idpasteEffects, desc1033, DialogModes.NO );

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

Downloading and Installing Adobe Scripts

 

Similar for Actions, you can insert the menu item for copy and paste styles and have them in an action which also offers different keyboard shortcuts.

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LEGEND ,
Sep 05, 2021 Sep 05, 2021

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He probably means 'no colour' + 7 colours when you're right clicking not fx but layer item.

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Community Expert ,
Sep 05, 2021 Sep 05, 2021

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I think that is I what I meant/wrote? The right click is contextually dependent on where exactly one clicks on the layer. You need to click the correct place on the layer:

 

contextual.png

 

Or did I misunderstand?

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LEGEND ,
Sep 05, 2021 Sep 05, 2021

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I think it's about 'name' menu content as there you have colours and styles.

I do not understand why he says redunant and then to put it on top of list 😕

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Community Expert ,
Sep 06, 2021 Sep 06, 2021

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Hi, I understood that it is redundant with the Eye and Thumbnail contextual menus. 

The top of the list might mean that there would be less mouse travel, if the contextual menu opens "upwards", when the layers are towards the bottom of the screen?

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Explorer ,
Sep 12, 2021 Sep 12, 2021

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Hi, yes I meant with the layer 'name' area, since this is the easiest way (more area to click on, so less effort) to get to the copy layer style option. Or at least it used to be. Now these color options are in the way and it seems pretty useless since I doubt people are constantly changing colors. The colors options should be at the top of the list, not the bottom which in my opinion should be reserved for more popular options.

I could click the effects icon but it's not as easily accessible since it requires more mouse accuracy. We all want to work as fast and efficiently in Photoshop as possible don't we? And it would be great if we could arrange and set which options we want to see in these context menus! Or this already possible?

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LEGEND ,
Sep 12, 2021 Sep 12, 2021

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I rearranged your thread from Discussions to Ideas conversation type.

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