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1. Re: Undo to Ignore Last Layer Selected
Reynolds (Mark) May 9, 2009 2:58 PM (in response to sfjedi)Yes Jed, you have actually made a feature request that many people have made before. It would ideally be a preference allowing both behaviours.
The history of this is as follows - back on the days of Photoshop version 6, there was an option to do this. Unfortunately in their wisdom, and very probably when the misguided "anti-bloat" police were employed at Adobe - they decided to remove it
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2. Re: Undo to Ignore Last Layer Selected
fruityth1ng-T0qBnM Jun 5, 2009 4:57 AM (in response to sfjedi)This is not true for me, in CS3. using regular undo.
It IS true, however, when I use the "step back" history command. In which I too, think this is not the behavior I want.
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3. Re: Undo to Ignore Last Layer Selected
harry teasley Jun 5, 2009 7:39 AM (in response to fruityth1ng-T0qBnM)fruityth1ng wrote:
This is not true for me, in CS3. using regular undo.
It IS true, however, when I use the "step back" history command. In which I too, think this is not the behavior I want.
Undo and Step Backward work differently. This is part of why I still use Undo more than Step Backward. This different behavior is intentional on Adobe's part. It's also pretty annoying: I'd like to use Step Backward.
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4. Re: Undo to Ignore Last Layer Selected
sfjedi Jun 5, 2009 7:51 AM (in response to harry teasley)How do you know this is intentional by design? And what logic would they have to make this intentional?
Yeah, I was using step back in history instead of undo. Good call on that one fruityth1ng. I've remapped my undo command to the Ctrl+Z keyboard shortcut to step back instead of undo/redo so it behaves like most programs do.
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5. Re: Undo to Ignore Last Layer Selected
Gyno-jiz Jun 5, 2009 8:43 AM (in response to sfjedi)It's intentional because it supports the legacy behavior of toggling the last [state] change on and off. With your setup, I believe you have to toggle your key command (ctrl-z, then ctrl-shift-z) to toggle the last state change. Or do you map undo to another key command?
Let's just hope Adobe doesn't drop the toggle (undo in the old sense of the word), whether it be ctrl-z or ctrl-alt-z or some other key combo, which I'm sure some righteous thinker is working on this lovely Friday. As long as the feature remains in the app.
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6. Re: Undo to Ignore Last Layer Selected
sfjedi Jun 5, 2009 8:44 AM (in response to Gyno-jiz)Yeah, as I stated above, I did, in fact, remap my undo shortcut to the step back in history instead. So hitting Ctrl+Z, for me, steps back in history instead of undo/redo, which I have totally unassociated with any keyboard shortcut.
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7. Re: Undo to Ignore Last Layer Selected
Gyno-jiz Jun 5, 2009 8:54 AM (in response to sfjedi)So you can't toggle.
Map undo to ctrl-alt-z and give it a shot. It's not my most useful key command of all time, but when you're noodlin', it definitely comes in handy. You can immerse yourself in which looks better, not which state you're in.
Just don't fall in love, 'cause it will be gone soon, I'm sure. I find it a little ironic that the last bastion of the command is the place where it's most dangerous (color correction).
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8. Re: Undo to Ignore Last Layer Selected
fruityth1ng-T0qBnM Jun 5, 2009 9:04 AM (in response to sfjedi)Watch your step on mapping it like that
When you switch to a new layer and do (ie) a brush stroke, and UNDO that stroke using the step back, you'll end up on the previously selected layer AS WELL. Which is another feature request on these forums. Where I chimed in as well
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9. Re: Undo to Ignore Last Layer Selected
sfjedi Jun 5, 2009 9:07 AM (in response to fruityth1ng-T0qBnM)fruityth1ng wrote:
Watch your step on mapping it like that
When you switch to a new layer and do (ie) a brush stroke, and UNDO that stroke using the step back, you'll end up on the previously selected layer AS WELL. Which is another feature request on these forums. Where I chimed in as well
Yeah, that's actually the original scope of this feature request; only, I was mistaken about the Undo command. It's the stepping back in history that causes the problem. Yes, I would really like it to NOT select the last layer (very annoying).
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10. Re: Undo to Ignore Last Layer Selected
fruityth1ng-T0qBnM Jan 2, 2011 9:11 AM (in response to sfjedi)Dear Adobe, please consider this request for the next version.
Or if you could find it in your heart, in one of those plugins like the one that allows panning beyond the boundaries of the window when *not* in full screen mode. I love that one too!


