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European Keyboard Move/Select Layer Up/Down Workaround

LEGEND ,
Feb 15, 2017 Feb 15, 2017

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For any European keyboard users who can't use the Alt/Opt + [ / ] (or the other variations), I've made an Action Set which includes the following:

  • Select Forward Layer (Alt + ])
  • Select Backward Layer (Alt + [)
  • Add Forward Layer (Alt + Shift + ])
  • Add Backward Layer (Alt + Shift + [)
  • Move Forward Layer (Ctrl + ])
  • Move Backward Layer (Ctrl + [)

Instructions:

  1. Download Move One Layer.atn.zip
  2. Extract the zip folder's contents (Move One Layer.atn) to Photoshop's *Actions folder
  3. Load the ATN file (see image below)
  4. Set keyboard shortcuts for each Action in the set, or;
  5. For use within an Action of your own:

  • Expand the appropriate Action's contents and duplicate the step
  • Drag the duplicate step to the correct position within your own Action.

Load Action.JPG

*Actions folder

  • Windows: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop [version]\Presets\Actions
  • Macintosh: ~Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop [version]/Presets/Actions

Hope this helps!

-Please ask any unrelated questions in the Photoshop General Discussion

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Sep 17, 2017 Sep 17, 2017

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that was helpful!!

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LEGEND ,
Sep 17, 2017 Sep 17, 2017

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Glad to hear it helped!

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 06, 2019 Oct 06, 2019

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Thanks mate!

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New Here ,
Feb 29, 2020 Feb 29, 2020

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Thank you. It is what I was looking for. Super helpful!

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Explorer ,
Dec 04, 2020 Dec 04, 2020

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Aaaah yeah! THX! Gonna try it! Had a lot of trouble with this, when I made actions.

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New Here ,
Jul 02, 2021 Jul 02, 2021

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Thanks a lot. Very useful. Cheers.

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New Here ,
Dec 14, 2021 Dec 14, 2021

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Hello Benjamin,

I seam to have find the solution to this heard scratcher. But the link to your action is unfortunately no longer valid. Would you mind uploading it again ? Thank you for your time. Best regards,

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Community Expert ,
Dec 14, 2021 Dec 14, 2021

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@Ro22241176hwlm I was able to get it from the link.

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New Here ,
Dec 14, 2021 Dec 14, 2021

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My mistake.

I must've done something wrong.
It all works fine !

Thank you @PECourtejoie 

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New Here ,
Aug 23, 2022 Aug 23, 2022

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Still works. Thank you so much 👌

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 03, 2023 Jun 03, 2023

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God bless you! 🙏🏻

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Community Expert ,
Jun 03, 2023 Jun 03, 2023

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Just a note, layer visibility affects the layer selection, so if the layer visibility is off for the next sequential layer, the layer will be skipped and the next visible layer will be selected when using Alt/Opt [ or Alt/Opt ]

 

Scripts can overcome this layer selection visibility issue, however, it is also possible to do so using actions by toggling visibility for all layers before and after the relative layer selection step (alt/opt click the layer visibility eyeball icon):

 

select-visible-layer-action.png

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 13, 2024 Mar 13, 2024

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Thanks for this useful link of the script !!

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Advocate ,
Jun 04, 2023 Jun 04, 2023

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AFAIK, the only real solution is to buy a QUERTY keyboard and get used to it.

I still want to get one for me a.s.a.p.

There are a bunch of shortcuts and behaviors you can't get to with shortcut workarounds, some that are very handy, like for the Clone Tool. I wish I went querty 30 years ago. I did work with querty on early computers (ZX-81, ZX-Spectrum 😉 ) and got used to it fast.

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