How to get CMD-` to behave?
November 29, 2005 11:53 AM Subscribe
Mac Photoshop - how can I make my ` key 'select all channels' rather than 'select a different window'?
I have two Macs, both running OS X 10.3.9 and Photoshop 7. On one of them, I can always press CMD-` to select all the channels (which is useful as I spend all day pasting different pictures into the R,G and B channels). On the other, it sometimes does that, but more often does the standard system behaviour of rotating focus between open documents (if I hold it down for >1 second, I can select all the channels of the document I don't want to work on, which is not helpful to me.)
I don't understand why my two computers behave differently - has anyone successfully troubleshot this issue?
I have two Macs, both running OS X 10.3.9 and Photoshop 7. On one of them, I can always press CMD-` to select all the channels (which is useful as I spend all day pasting different pictures into the R,G and B channels). On the other, it sometimes does that, but more often does the standard system behaviour of rotating focus between open documents (if I hold it down for >1 second, I can select all the channels of the document I don't want to work on, which is not helpful to me.)
I don't understand why my two computers behave differently - has anyone successfully troubleshot this issue?
It sounds like on machine has slightly different keyboard shortcuts or handles window focus differently. Open System Prefs and click Keyboard & Mouse. Select the Shortcuts tab. Check if the (numerous) settings are identical.
If you can live without the system CMD-` shortcut, it can be disabled. Look under Keyboard Navigation in the Shortcuts tab. Photoshop will still see CMD-` but OS X will not.
posted by ryanrs at 4:45 PM on November 29, 2005
If you can live without the system CMD-` shortcut, it can be disabled. Look under Keyboard Navigation in the Shortcuts tab. Photoshop will still see CMD-` but OS X will not.
posted by ryanrs at 4:45 PM on November 29, 2005
Response by poster: Well this is off the front page now so I'm not expecting any more answers to come in. I left the Mac that wasn't doing what I wanted overnight, and now CMD-` has stopped cycling through windows in Photoshop (still does it in other apps) and just does what I want. Freaky. I expect there is no answer.
posted by nowonmai at 9:48 AM on November 30, 2005
posted by nowonmai at 9:48 AM on November 30, 2005
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posted by nowonmai at 1:12 PM on November 29, 2005