Alt-Backspace taking two hits to work? CC 2018

[jeremyc944940]

I need to press Alt-Backspace two times in a row to get it to fill foreground color after updating to CC 2018 this morning. Is there a setting change I need to make or is this a bug? Thanks for a quick reply. This is a big part of my job as a comic book colorist and driving me nuts today.

[davescm]

Looks like a bug - I can reproduce it here also

You can raise a bug report using the link below, where it will be seen by Adobe staff:

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family

Dave

[jeremyc944940]

Thanks! I just posted it there.

[davescm]

Thanks - I just "me too'd" it

Dave

[Trevor.Dennis]

A big fat AOL 'Me too' here as well.   Probably the most annoying bug in a long time.  It completely messes up your workflow!

[Qupe]

same problem. all short cut who used ALT need to press two times to work

[pixelnin]

Add another annoyed user here... Same problem.

[joshf54451870]

I am having this problem and am super, super irritated about this. On top of CC 2018 being considerably more of a resource hog, now there is this issue.  I have been messaging with a designer friend at another company today and we are both flabbergasted about how this could ever be allowed to happen.  We are both considering rolling back to 2017 until this is fixed, since we have no other viable alternative to Photoshop.

To avoid redundant posts, I also already posted more about it in another thread about this problem.

Fill with foreground color doesen´t work (ALT+Backspace)

[GraphikJules]

See this response from an Adobe employee in another thread. Here's hoping it gets fixed soon as I rely heavily on keyboard shortcuts.

"There is an issue with the Alt+ modifier key on Windows we are investigating. This is not an intentional change."

Re: Step Backwards and other keyboard shortcuts broken CC 2018

[Andrography101]

Same Issue here.

I may expect a few bugs in a new feature on release day - but not on such an old and frequently used shortcut

I'm surer a fix won't be long in coming.

[elfreako]

Issue happens for me with other things: CTRL + ALT + I
If I don't press CTRL first it messes up and bings at me

[davidkPhoto]

I tried Ctl+Alt (2 key hits)+Shift +Backspace "to execute a fill". Worked no matter which sequence I used as long as Alt key was entered with two hits.  I also use Ctl+Shft+Alt+N+E to create a Merge-Up copy of the image with three adjustment layers. It worked as long as "Alt" receives two hits (Enters).

[szakacsg_2]

Same here 😕

[Brian22]

Same problem here.

[charlene]

I have the same issue. At least I know it's not something I did on my side...

[idop9703669]

Same problem here, it's been driving me crazy. A bunch of shortcuts woun't work with Alt or Ctrl in combination

[Trevor.Dennis]

I actually had to use three or four hits to make it work today, but I can't remember the circumstances.

So Ctrl Alt backspace fills with white, regardless of what your foreground and background colours are. Alt backspace then works to fill with the foreground colour, but only once.

What I can't remember is if Ctrl Alt Backspace always used to fill with white, and why it should do so.  I only have CC 2018 install now so can't test.

[Dprog]

Same here. I've got it down to 2 hits, but a few times today it's taken 3-4.

[Dprog]

Control Backspace is also doing the same.

[Terri_Stevens]

it's more inconvenient than annoying. Personally I just press 'x' first which reverses the foreground and background colour, followed by ctrl-backspace, which then will do the same thing as pasting the foreground color. My tablet is not setup to use alt-backspace or ctrl-backspace but I suspect 'x' from the keyboard followed by a press on the ctrl-backspace button will get round broken shortcuts on tablets. Also if you use the modifier panel alt-backspace works properly with that even though the modifier key is broken on the keyboard.

[bgateb]

also have the same issue; very annoying.

[Titarus]

Same problem here.

[CREAM Motion]

Same Here ! This is a really annoying problem !
I am on Windows 8.1 with CC 2018
Please Fix this !!!

[phansenBYD]

One more...this has to be fixed! Running CC 2018 on Windows 10.

[pauls53481583]

Almost one month since this big problem has been reported by numerous users and Adobe has not be able to fix it ! Its a shame. Did all the  Abobe engineers go on vacation at the same time?