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Actions palette overview

You use the Actions palette (Window > Actions) to record, play, edit, and delete individual actions. This palette (called the Actions panel in Illustrator) also lets you save and load action files.

Photoshop Actions palette

A.
Action set

B.
Action

C.
Recorded commands

D.
Included command

E.
Modal control (toggles on or off)

Expand and collapse sets, actions, and commands

 Click the triangle to the left of the set, action, or command in the Actions palette. Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the triangle to expand or collapse all actions in a set or all commands in an action.

View actions by name only

 Choose Button Mode from the Actions palette menu. Choose Button Mode again to return to list mode.
Note: You can’t view individual commands or sets in Button mode.

Select actions in the Actions palette

 Click an action name. Shift-click action names to select multiple, contiguous actions, and Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) action names to select multiple, discontiguous actions.