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ivframes
Inspiring
March 21, 2021
Question

Menu key usage in PS for Windows?

  • March 21, 2021
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Thinking of this key:

I'm wondering if the Menu key has any usage in PS and if not - why? It's potentially wasted key for some of ever-needed PS keyboard shortcuts.

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jane-e
jane-e
Community Expert
March 21, 2021

I don't have that key either.

~ Jane

 

 

 

 

 

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    ivframesAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 21, 2021

    Because you're on Mac, right? I precisely said PS for Windows. 🙂

      D Fosse
      D Fosse
      Community Expert
      March 21, 2021

      There's a lot of non-standard keys on any keyboard. I don't have that one, but several others that I have no need for.

       

      Basic keyboard layout is region/language specific, but Photoshop keyboard shortcuts are based on the English keyboard layout. As a Norwegian, buying my keyboards here in Norway, that means several standard shortcuts are inaccessible because the keys don't exist.

       

      Luckily most of them can be remapped to keys that I do have. The most urgent example is brush size up/down. There are no  [ and ] keys on a Norwegian keyboard, so I have to go into the Tools section of Keyboard Shortcuts and remap them. It took me a while to discover that even those shortcuts could be remapped.

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        ivframesAuthor
        Inspiring
        March 21, 2021

        Oh man, it must be hard for you at first, but glad you sort it all good!

         

        I got you, but I was wondering about using the most common, original US-Intl layout out there. And all of those keyboards have Menu button as standard. It's as standard as having the Win key in it.

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