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

LEGEND ,
Dec 08, 2014 Dec 08, 2014

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

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20 Comments
Adobe Employee ,
Dec 08, 2014 Dec 08, 2014
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.
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LEGEND ,
Dec 08, 2014 Dec 08, 2014
"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)?
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Adobe Employee ,
Dec 08, 2014 Dec 08, 2014
Yes, in that case we'll have to do some work on our side.
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Community Beginner ,
Dec 09, 2014 Dec 09, 2014
If you select a few text layers and try to change their color in Color Picker dialog, the preview also does not work
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Contributor ,
Nov 09, 2016 Nov 09, 2016


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.
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LEGEND ,
Nov 09, 2016 Nov 09, 2016
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.
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New Here ,
Nov 10, 2016 Nov 10, 2016
This bug still exists. Fix it please.
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LEGEND ,
Nov 21, 2017 Nov 21, 2017
@Foster, when Adobe will fix it? 🙂
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Participant ,
Oct 30, 2018 Oct 30, 2018
This lack of functionality is embarrassing. Please do something about it.
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LEGEND ,
May 31, 2019 May 31, 2019
This would be very helpful to have. I've held on to photoshop over sketch
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Guest
May 31, 2019 May 31, 2019
Seems silly a common sense feature that should have been implemented from the start is "under consideration"


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LEGEND ,
Feb 20, 2020 Feb 20, 2020
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?
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New Here ,
May 20, 2020 May 20, 2020
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.
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New Here ,
May 20, 2020 May 20, 2020
And it's the same bloody problem in Illustrator. THIS IS BASIC STUFF! SORT IT OUT!
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Explorer ,
Feb 09, 2021 Feb 09, 2021

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.

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New Here ,
Nov 26, 2021 Nov 26, 2021

It's almost 2022. Any progress on this?

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New Here ,
Mar 07, 2023 Mar 07, 2023

That helped me a lot. Thanks.

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 08, 2023 Jun 08, 2023

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

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New Here ,
Jun 20, 2023 Jun 20, 2023

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

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Explorer ,
Jan 26, 2025 Jan 26, 2025
LATEST

2025 says hello. still unimplemented.

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