: Temporary keyboard shortcuts stopped working- illustrator/photoshop CS5 (mac) I use temporary keyboard shortcuts for navigating my work area... e.g.: Hold down Space to get hand tool Hold down Space

@Sue6373160

Quit the Adobe programs and relaunch Finder.
Alt + Cmd + Esc (Mac)
Works great without restarting computer.

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@Hamaas979

After weeks of trying to sort this problem, we found the solution (in our case) was in the Dell Touchpad settings . . . turn off "TouchCheck" and all works fine.

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@Carla748

When my spacebar tool stops working, I have to close terminal. Hope this helps.

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@Gretchen549

If you use CMD+H to hide a window while any Adobe software is running, it disables the spacebar hand tool shortcut. I've tried every other solution and this is the only one that has worked for the past four weeks.

So do NOT use CMD+H to hide windows. If you do so, and disable the shortcut, the only way to get it working again is to re-start your machine.

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@Alves566

This use to happen to me a lot and it just happened yesterday - after stuffing around with it for an hour I remembered what it was last time. Trying closing Chrome (or Firefox). The shortcuts started working straight away - no restart needed. Weird huh?

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@Murphy569

Another possibility: check that you're not running another app that is also using the same keyboard shortcuts.

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@Carla748

I don't have a definite answer, but this happens to me every once in a while. Restarting the machine helps always, I think.

And I don't think it is preferences.

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@Nimeshi706

Resetting your preferences may fix your problem.

---WARNING---
This will remove any custom settings that you have set up in your application

Windows:
Hold down AltCtrlShift while starting the program.

Mac:
Hold down CommandOptionShift keys while starting the program.

If you are concerned about resetting all of the preferences, you can reset the settings for a specific tool by clicking on its icon int the top left hand corner of the application then choose reset tool from the drop down.

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