shortcuts bar no longer has undo and redo arrows

[dguiswite]

I just upgraded from 4.0 to 5.0. I went to undo a change I made to a photo and the arrows (undo and redo) are no longer in the shortcuts bar. Does anyone know if I can customize the shortcuts bar or tool bar to add these buttons?

[kayser]

Nope, not that I know of.

Several people have complained here about this change. Here's a thread that explains why Adobe did it.

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15121&highlight=undo

[Wendy]

Hi ...

... and welcome to the forum :)

This is a change that a lot of people don't like ... makes you wonder if Adobe will bring them back in the next version ..

Wendy

[tsinvest]

Hi ...

... and welcome to the forum :)

This is a change that a lot of people don't like ... makes you wonder if Adobe will bring them back in the next version ..

Wendy

I just downloaded the trial and this was one of the first things I noticed - I used this feature all the time. Unless there are some other compelling reasons to switch from 4 to 5, this could be one of the deal breakers for me.

:( Tom

[Wendy]

Hi Tom ...

I actually have never used these buttons at all ... I have always just kept the History pallette open and used that :)

Wendy

[tsinvest]

Hi Tom ...

I actually have never used these buttons at all ... I have always just kept the History pallette open and used that :)

Wendy

Hi Wendy, The only problem with the history pallette is you can undo, but not redo. Those two shortcuts are indispencible to me. Actually I had time to look at version 5 tonight and can't see any compelling reason to upgrade from version 4. Thanks, Tom

[TonyW]

The only problem with the history pallette is you can undo, but not redo.

Not true. The history pallette lets you undo and redo one or more steps at a time.

Tony

[Bayla]

I also never use the undo/redo buttons. I like to be able to know what I'm undoing so I keep the undo history palette locked onto the right hand side along with the layers palette & styles palette. And you can redo, just click back on the item you want to redo & it puts it back in.

I also use Ctrl-Z for a quick undo of the last thing I've done.

Bayla

[tsinvest]

Not true. The history pallette lets you undo and redo one or more steps at a time.

Tony

Sorry, I missed how that worked and just tried it again - I feel better now about that missing feature and will have to re-evaluate the new version. Thank you, Tom :)

[Wendy]

Tom ...

I'm sure that once you get used to using the history palette you will find is much easier ... I know that I do :)

Wendy

[JackF]

I never used the undo/redo buttons either. I use the keyboard shortcut of Ctrl Z to undo. However there are certain actions that for some reason Ctrl Z will not work (some styles just won't undo this way) and I find I have to use the Undo History Palette.

But I always have the Undo History Palette collapsed at the bottom of my Palette Bin anyway because I use it for Before/After view and to Redo. For me it's quite intuitive to do it this way. However I can understand casual users missing the buttons. I can only urge them to learn to use the History Palette.

[NickLewis]

If you have a programmable keyboard with shortcut keys for Office-type apps, they often have Undo and Redo keys that work just fine as well.

Nick