Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E Not working

[gina238]

This is really an answer to a problem I have been having on my copy of Photoshop on my laptop. Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E works fine on my iMac but not my laptop photoshop application. I was gonna create an action which was what was suggested on community but the idea that this was not working on only one copy of my Photoshop bothered me. I went to shortcuts and tried created a shortcut under layers but the only option was Merge All Visible which I notice had no keyboard shortcut. I added the Shift+Ctrl+E shortcut to Merge Visible and accepted it. Then I went back to my project and clicked Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E. This time it worked. For anyone who finds this shortcut stops working you might want to check to see if the Merge Visible has the original shortcut applied. 

[JJMack]

Photoshop works strangely here. And that feature was an addition in one version of  Photoshop.  Before that version you always had to add a new visible layer to house the stamp visible layers.  That method still always works.  If you just use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E if the current layer is not visible  Photoshop will do nothing.  So do the  following when you record your action or you use stamp visible  Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E using the keyboard you can press and hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift then tap N  tap E then release Ctrl+Alt+Shift.

Its two commands Add New Layer No Prompt and Stamp Visible layers.

[gina238]

Thank you for trying to help, however my above comment is how I resolved the issue without having to record an action. It was a simple fix. Ctrl+shift+alt+E now works perfectly fine. 

[Ken Curtis]

The change worked for me. Thanks for the tip.