P: Spring Loaded shortcuts more sensitive - Turn off toggling between tools

windows also

Hi, is there a way of disabling the spring-loaded tools function.

 

Since I updated my Photoshop a couple of days back, the Spring-loaded tool function had gotten way more sensitive, and had being highly disruptive to my work process. I tried doing clean installation and rolling back to previous version, and even changing my keyboard, but the problem persist, my brush and eraser will keep switching between themselves randomly. Do get back to me soon.

And if it's not the problem with the spring-loaded function, can we get a fix?

Windows here.

I've been experiencing the same issue for months. And resorted to going back to CC20.

I'm just now learning that the spring-loaded shortcut was actually there in older versions of PS, but it was clearly never an issue. In CC21 there has been a change in how it works (I'm testing it as I type this): Before CC21, if you lift the stylus while still holding the tool shortcut (in my case "E"), the spring-load triggers; but if you release the shortcut while still drawing, it will not. (the second being, clearly, how most people here are used to do it, me included)

In CC21, it doesn't matter what order you do these actions, as long as the shortcut and the stylus are pressed at the same time, the spring-loaded shortcut will send you back to the previous tool.

A toggle option fro this mechanic would be great.

Is everyone on this thread on Windows? Anyone on macOS?

Hi , thank you for your reply! 

If you're asking about the language, it's french keyboard so AZERTY  and if it's hardware  it's a razer Ortana Chroma gaming keyboard, i don't think it's a latency thing because i was using it for  while and didn't feel any issue until i updated Photoshop.

I reverted back to  an earlier version 21.0 and i don't feel this issue is there , I wasn't even aware that this feature exists in earlier versions and never caused any issue before so not sure, i believe you when you say there was no change on it, so maybe there was some change that wasn't on the feature itself but affected it somehow?

The fact is that something definitely feels different with the last update ! what it feels like is as if the difference between holding and pressing a button got smaller, so much more often when i want to press i end up accidentally holding it or when i wanna hold it i end up pressing and that's what slows down the process.

Thanks again for your reply!

Cheers,
Oussama.

i know, right? I like to work fast and efficient, but this bug just makes me have to slow my work process and its really frustrating when i have to fight the software while working...I use 2019 but that one has some odd dual brush bug that i cant seem to get rid of which rendered half of my vfx brushes useless, so i keep switching between 2019 and 2020 depending on what i have to do in the illustration and its so annoying. 

yes, the struggle is still real. i cant get so frustrated that i have to walk away from my work sometimes because i just keep getting an eraser when i start brushing again or vise versa. its absolutely infuriating. its been months and im glad to see that there are some suport guys at least looking in on this. 

Something must have changed since in 2019 my shortcuts work(the same ones i use in 2020) while in the 2020 version they bug out. It seems like the spring loaded function had became much more sensitive in the newer versions, when you switch between tools rapidly by tapping two different keys (in my case Q and W for eyedropper and brush), sometimes the tool will change from eyedropper to brush, but sometimes it will just snap back to eyedropper or brush when i need the other, even if i am tapping the keys quickly,and not pressing down on them (which by logic should be the only time when the spring function should activate)

Are you saying the behavior for Spring Loaded shortcuts changed between 2019 and 2020? I'm not aware of any changes to this area.