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frmorel
Inspiring
January 1, 2020
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Shortcut to execute selected Action?

  • January 1, 2020
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Hello,

 

I would like to assign a keyboard shortcut to execute the selected Action in Photoshop CS6. Is there a way to to that, maybe with a JSX script to retreive the selected Action?

 

Is the following example, I would like to run Ilford HP5 action.

This screen capture was made on a CS6 localized french version. The Action palette is named "Scripts", which can be confusing.

 

Thank you.

 

EDIT: just to be more accurate, I don't want to assign a shortcut to a specific Action, but only one shortcut to the selected Action.

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Correct answer Kukurykus

In upper right corener of Actions panel there's dropdown (flyout) menu where you see 'Play' item. To bind a shortcut to, go to 'Edit / Keybord Shortcuts...' and from 'Panel Menus / Actions' assign any shortcut for 'Play'.

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frmorelAuthor
Inspiring
January 2, 2020

Sorry indeed if my question was not clear.

Thank you Kukurykus, your solution perfectly meets my needs. I completely forgot to check the shortcuts binding panel before posting 😞

Thank you for all your answers.

    J
    jazz-y
    Brainiac
    January 1, 2020

    hm... may be that?

      Kukurykus
      Kukurykus
      Brainiac
      January 1, 2020

      Loll, actually I suggested the same in my post 😉

        J
        jazz-y
        Brainiac
        January 1, 2020

        In fact, I re-read several times, but still did not understand the question to the end. I thought that the author needed some more complex solution - for example, I use the pos-keyboard to launch frequently used actions outside the context of operations currently loaded in the action panel. To do this, I record the action using the ScriptListener (or export it from the ATN using the xtools), clean up the code and call the script with hotkey from the pos keyboard.

        JJMack
        JJMack
        Community Expert
        January 1, 2020

        Actions can be played with a  F key shortcut if you want to use some other shortcut key you would need to write a script that does the action and assign a shortcut to the script. The Problem is coming up with a shortcut key the is not already in use.  Photoshop has so many shortcuts  the one you want to assign may  be in use.  An F shortcut assign to an Action in the Action Palette will override an existing Photoshop shortcut as long as the shortcut is in the Actions Palette.  Action Sets can also be saved with F key shortcuts assigned.  If you load an action set like Adobe's Commands There may be a conflict with F key shortcuts. Seeing the Scripts X wrote in Xtools I know a JSX can written that can assign an F key shortcut to an Action. However, I do not know if it can handle  a conflict with existing shortcuts.

         

         

        If the screen captivate you posted is not the Actions palette that somehow renamed Scripts. Then its not photoshop Actions Palette. If its an extension Palette It would need to have some shortcut feature.  I have never look at extension development so I do not know what is possible in extension panels.

         

        "EDIT: just to be more accurate, I don't want to assign a shortcut to a specific Action, but only one shortcut to the selected Action."

         

        Your edit make me think what you posted is not the actions palette "I don't want to assign a shortcut to a specific Action, but only one shortcut to the selected Action."

         

         

        JJMack
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          frmorelAuthor
          Inspiring
          January 2, 2020

          @JJMac: "If the screen captivate you posted is not the Actions palette that somehow renamed Scripts. Then its not photoshop Actions Palette."

          Yes it is. In french localized Photoshop CS6 version, the Action palette is named "Scripts"... Don't ask me why!

          On the other hand, JSX "scripts"- located in the File menu, are also named "Scripts".

            Kukurykus
            KukurykusCorrect answer
            Brainiac
            January 1, 2020

            In upper right corener of Actions panel there's dropdown (flyout) menu where you see 'Play' item. To bind a shortcut to, go to 'Edit / Keybord Shortcuts...' and from 'Panel Menus / Actions' assign any shortcut for 'Play'.

              jane-e
              jane-e
              Community Expert
              January 1, 2020

              Kukurykus,

              Frederic isn’t asking for the standard “assign a short cut to an action”. He wants a script to run whichever action is currently selected, and then run the action with a shortcut (if I am reading it correctly.)

               

              Can a script do that?

              ~ Jane

              Kukurykus
              Kukurykus
              Brainiac
              January 1, 2020

              Okey thx - I will read it later again, but looking at image he posted I understood he doesn't want to play specific item of action, but entire selected action? If so when you select the action (containing some commands) and press play (by shortcut) that will do the job. Anyway I must go now...

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