: Photoshop: Using keyboard to move layers more than ten pixels at a time In Photoshop, I know these keyboard shortcuts exist for the move tool: Arrow key: Move a layer by one pixel Arrow key

@Dunderdale640

To answer my own question, just now I wrote a script that moves the active layer left by 500 pixels:

app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.translate(500, 0);
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.INCHES;


I then created three more scripts that move the active layer right, up and down. Then I assigned keyboard shortcuts to the scripts:

Ctrl + Shift + J: Move layer 500 pixels to the left
Ctrl + Shift + L: Move layer 500 pixels to the right
Ctrl + Shift + I: Move layer 500 pixels to the up
Ctrl + Shift + K: Move layer 500 pixels to the down

By the way, I wanted to use arrow keys instead, like this:

Ctrl + Shift + Left: Move layer 500 pixels to the left

But Photoshop won't let me because it claims the arrow keys can't be used as shortcuts. Bah.

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@Ogunnowo857

Create an ACTION, record it and assign a keyboard key, then move those pixels all day. No pixel is safe.. :)

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@Jennifer810

AFAIK that's the way Photoshop works, you can only nudge 1 or 10px at a time.

Alternatively you can use Transform (⌘ + T) to add precise coordinates in the X / Y directions, then you don't need to nudge several times.

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