Marching Ants (selection) hot key?

[Brad Smith]

Does V2 have a hot key to temporarily hide and or show the 'marching ants' selection? Or is there a simple way to achieve this?

TIA 

Brad

[v_kyr]

See related ...

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• Selection Shortcuts - Keyboard shortcuts
• Saving and Loading Selections

See below users _TH answer! - Other than that, beside performing a Deselection (Ctrl-/Cmd-D) and then afterwards immediately an Undo (Ctrl-Cmd-Z), one can use save/load of selection to/from files, or Alpha channels.

[_Th]

There is a menu option to hide the 'marching ants' selection (View > Show Pixel Selection), and you can add a keyboard shortcut. I made mine CTRL-H (Yes, same as that other Photo software 'cause, muscle memory.) So I changed the shortcut for Layers > Hide Others from CTRL-H to CTRL-ALT-H.

Sadly, I didn't realize this was available. Really should be the default IMHO.

[Brad Smith]

_Th, thank you. If you're bored at the moment, could you take the time (no rush) to list the steps I need to take on my Mac, to create a shortcut and back? Pleeeeeze? After 40 years, my fingers are twitching at the thought of that shortcut.

Brad
 

 

 

 

[_Th]

1 hour ago, Brad Smith said:

list the steps I need to take on my Mac, to create a shortcut and back

I'm on Windows, but would assume it's the same: Preferences > Shortcuts > (Photo) View > Show Pixel Selection.

Then just click in the empty(?) box beside Show Pixel Selection and type the shortcut you want. Since I've used Photoshop for a very long time, CTRL-H is a habit that's hard to break, so that's what I used. (Which means I had to change the Layers > Hide Others shortcut to something else as CTRL-H is the default for that one.) And it toggles the marching ants.

One less thing I to re-train muscle memory on in order to be productive. Happy me.

[Brad Smith]

Oh, thank you so much. Generous and eloquent. I did as you suggested and now have a shortcut that works.

Cheers to you, _Th, from Australia.

Brad