P: Preview shape color change while color picker dialog is still open

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Shape color is applied only after clicking on "OK" button in Color Picker dialog.

It is better if the color changes immediately to preview the result.

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Best regards,
Stephan

[Foster Brereton]

Yeah, it would be better if this workflow gave a live preview of its changes.

As a temporary workaround, you can get the behavior you are looking for by double-clicking the shape thumbnail in the layers panel. This should open the same color picker dialog and changes there will be reflected live on the canvas.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

"As a temporary workaround, you can get the behavior you are looking for by double-clicking the shape thumbnail in the layers panel. This should open the same color picker dialog and changes there will be reflected live on the canvas."

But if I want to change the stroke color (not fill)?

[Foster Brereton]

Yes, in that case we'll have to do some work on our side.

[alexb87302875]

If you select a few text layers and try to change their color in Color Picker dialog, the preview also does not work

[zarrdave]

Using the traditional method of applying a stroke to a shape (i.e. using the fx button in the layers panel to add a layer effect) the stroke color picker shows a real time update on your working document as the picker color is selected. In the new stroke properties bar at the top (the one with new features like gradients to a stroke, dotted lines etc) the color picker doesnt have re-time previews (on my version anyway).

Anyone know why? Is there a setting to activate? Surely both color pickers should show real time updates without having to click on OK to see changes each time. A small but annoying waste of time when repeated multiple times.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

This has always seemed like a surprising oversight to me. Not being able to preview the effects of a modal dialogue is a big workflow roadblock. It discourages experimentation and generally makes the feature feel half-baked.

[alexb43653115]

This bug still exists. Fix it please.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

@Foster, when Adobe will fix it? 🙂

[obsessivetype]

This lack of functionality is embarrassing. Please do something about it.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

This would be very helpful to have. I've held on to photoshop over sketch

[Guest]

Seems silly a common sense feature that should have been implemented from the start is "under consideration"

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I thought photoshop use to have this feature.  Now it seems like it's not there.  I use to use this featrue religiously!  I agree, what the hell Adobe?

[jhopking]

Seriously Adobe this is effing annoying. Utterly embarrassing for such a 'prestigious' piece of software. It's been a while since I've had to use PS, and damn, you guys are years behind the competition now.

[jhopking]

And it's the same bloody problem in Illustrator. THIS IS BASIC STUFF! SORT IT OUT!

[robotriot]

This really needs to added as a feature. Not being able to preview the stroke color when choosing it is a pain. And what's especially strange: there is realtime preview implemented of the shape color when double-clicking the layer thumbnail, but not when doing it via the properties panel.

[Barnabas5C45]

It's almost 2022. Any progress on this?

[EgeEvis]

That helped me a lot. Thanks.

[Miranda282576069jcq]

We are now half-way through 2023 and still no progress for this.

[default6qjt39vxtjrj]

cmon Adobe we need a live preview for color changes with shapes and text and also ctrl + j for duplication on Illustrator!

[bunnyhero]

2025 says hello. still unimplemented.