deeds Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 This particular shortcut is a legacy thing from Photoshop. And it's a horrid shortcut, from an abhorrently shortsighted company when it comes to shortcuts and usability. AD’s Shortcuts need a rethink so they're actually... well.. SHORTCUTS! [command + J] requires taking the right hand off the mouse/trackpad (or leaving the screen/tablet with the stylus hand) in order to operate it. It is, therefore, no longer a shortcut, because the very first thing anyone is going to want to do with a duplicated object is to somehow transform it... 90% of the time with the mouse/trackpad/stylus. So if you persist with this ridiculous shortcut you make [command + C, V] into a MUCH faster (but lesser) operation than using the Duplicate function. See, that's ridiculous. [command + D] is the most logical option for a Duplicate function. 'D' fits nicely, also, into the holy triumphant of standardised cut/copy/paste [command + (X & C & V)] as it sits above and in the gap between X&C. // I know, you're going to suggest that should be used for Deselect, I'd strongly suggest there's no need for a Deselect shortcut key beyond using Escape, especially when that's already serving that purpose. Which brings up the disparity between the Help file’s information on Shortcuts and the actual shortcuts. [shift + command + D] is listed as the shortcut for Deselect. It’s not, it’s just [command + D], pressing the suggested [shift + command + D] shortcut results in an error beep, and no action. Busenitz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeds Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 AND.... [shift + X] combo, PLEASE!!! And, while you’re at it, think about what key you’d like to use to deactivate the currently selected colour. In Illustrator this is the [/] key, but it’s a horrid shortcut, miles away from the left hand’s home position and requires using the right hand most of the time. So I’d be inclined to think that if: [X] = Change edit focus from Outline to Fill to Outline etc & [shift + X] = Swap Fill with Outline then [alt + X] = Deactivate/Activate currently selected Colour (Fill or Outline) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeds Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Why are very few top level shortcuts used? As far as I can tell, the following keys do nothing: 1,2,3,4,5 Q,W,E,R S,D,F C Yet they all fall easily to hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooliudo Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 agree with the ridiculousness of cmd+j. for now i use the "shortcuts" tab in keyboard preference to remedy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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