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May 19, 2020
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Show Grid (Command + ') Keyboard Shortcut Not Working

  • May 19, 2020
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The keyboard shortcut to show/hide the grid has stopped working. I checked in the settings and it's still set to default (Commnd + '), but when I try to use the shortcut nothing happens. 

I have reset the preferences, restarted Photoshop without plugins and still not working!

 

The same issue exists in After Effects, which uses the same keystrokes for that shortcut.

 

Other Command shortcuts work fine and the ' key works.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks!!

5 replies

New Participant
May 2, 2025

Give it up for the problem still existing in 2025! Yipee!...
Does the issue maybe have anything to do with keyboards? I'm using a Danish QWERTY keyboard, but i have no idea if that has anything to do with it.

Participating Frequently
January 30, 2023

I assumed there was some sort of system conflict within macOS? I reassigned it to cmd + shift + '  years ago — surprised it's still a bug

Participating Frequently
November 21, 2022

Fast forward two and a half years and this is still relevant. 

New Participant
December 7, 2022

Ctrl + # works on my pc

New Participant
July 22, 2025

This is the solution. For some reason all my Adobe apps think I'm using an American keyboard when I'm using a UK one.

edgarteran
New Participant
June 8, 2021

I have the same problem.  I think is a software issue.  I assigned a different shortcut and it works

 

evanmacdonald
New Participant
January 26, 2021

I have the same problem. What's going on here? I just did a full erase and instal on my MBP (running OS11.1) and it still isn't working.