Image Size and Canvas Size windows have different measurement units

D Fosse wrote: I always ... dream in pixels.

 

LOL! It's time for a vacation!

 

Jane

@jane-e 

To make this easier for @D Fosse  – could you please post suggested holiday location latitude and longitude or GPS coordinates converted to pixel values? Let's assume 300 PPI as we all know that is the best resolution value over 72 or 96.

@D Fosse wrote: I always ... dream in pixels.

LOL! It's time for a vacation!

Jane

Until Adobe possibly address this, if it bothers you that much – the only other thing that I can think of is a script.

EDIT:
I have updated the previous code, this should now offer the canvas size dialog defaulting to pixels without making a temporary change to the ruler units.

#target photoshop

function s2t(s) {
    return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
}
var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
descriptor.putUnitDouble(s2t("width"), s2t("pixelsUnit"), activeDocument.width.as('px'));
descriptor.putUnitDouble(s2t("height"), s2t("pixelsUnit"), activeDocument.height.as('px'));
descriptor.putEnumerated(s2t("horizontal"), s2t("horizontalLocation"), s2t("center"));
descriptor.putEnumerated(s2t("vertical"), s2t("verticalLocation"), s2t("center"));
executeAction(s2t("canvasSize"), descriptor, DialogModes.ALL);

Once installed in the ...Presets/Scripts folder and Photoshop has been restarted, a custom keyboard shortcut can be applied to the script, re-assigning the original canvas size shortcut.

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

Thanks for the replies. I hope this is a fixable bug. I'll ask Julianne Kost when I see her soon.

The way it behaves here, is that for Image Size, the last used (and committed) unit sticks for the next file you open.

For Canvas Size, it does not stick. It reverts to pixels on the next file.

So maybe this is a bug. I wouldn't notice it, since I always work, think and dream in pixels.

Hi John!

I believe you will have to manually make the change in your canvas panel everytime you want to see pixels if you want to keep your unit settings in preferences.