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zakrise
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October 8, 2024

Most keyboard shortcuts stopped working

  • October 8, 2024
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So im having a photoshop problem and I can't find any solution... my keyboard shortcuts stopped working almost entirely. It works on other Adobe apps such as Premiere and SP and Illustrator, but PS remains stubborn to do nothing when I press any regular shortcut. The only thing that I noticed that DOES work is when I press the spacebar to use the Hand Tool. ( for example, B for brush, E for eraser, V for selection tool - all not working. CTRL+ anything doesn't work either). I reset PS settings, reinstalled it twice, changed system language to English - nothing works. 

If anyone has any ideas for a solution - I'd be delighted to try. 

Apperently the F keys (F5 - brush settings for example) still work. My mind is blown by the inconsistency with this issue

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D Fosse
Community Expert
D FosseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 14, 2024

Ah, yes, that might be the missing piece in the puzzle: UK English vs US English. I do indeed have Windows at UK English. I thought the main difference would be colour vs color 😉

 

I'm not too concerned, it happens very rarely; but it's nice to know there's an explanation. For me, calling up the shortcuts dialog with ctrl+shift+alt+K and hitting enter to dimiss is muscle memory by now, half second at most.

 

Thanks for reporting back 🙂

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zakriseAuthor
Participant
October 13, 2024

Finaly managed to solve it,
I had to change the system language to English(US) rather than English (my region)
[cursing removed] windows

hope this helps to anyone, thanks to all that tried to help

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zakriseAuthor
Participant
October 13, 2024

Well yeah I know something's causing it....

That's why i posted here.

 

I'm using a laptop and connect an additional keyboard to my wotk station - neither of the keyboards work (and I tried changing the external one as well)
Also I tried closing anyother application I could think of that may be causing a conflict, to no avail.

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zakriseAuthor
Participant
October 13, 2024

Didn't work.
previously I had my system on Hebrew, changed it to English, still didnt help.

D Fosse
Community Expert
D FosseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 13, 2024

Quick fix: ctrl+shift+alt+K > enter. This shortcut seems to always work, and kickstarts the rest into action.

 

This happens to me every once in a blue moon. Not often, but it happens. I've suspected that it has something to do with application/OS language (English) not being the same as keyboard layout (Norwegian). Windows will normally handle that, but I suppose it can trip up sometimes.

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nobelnicke
Participant
October 13, 2024

If most of your keyboard shortcuts have stopped working, it could be due to several reasons, including software conflicts, system settings, or hardware issues. 

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carolyn plant nerd in PDX
Participating Frequently
October 13, 2024

I may behaving a similar issue. All of my LRC shortcuts are greyed out. I reset LRC but that did not help.

 

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