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

just wanted to chime in that this has been a problem for over  half a year for me. With each photoshop update the problem of shortcuts not registering properly still exists (altering between being spring loaded or press to switch at random). I keep two versions of photoshop for this very same reason, hoping that when it updates the bug will be fixed but it never is.

We need an option to disable spring loaded keys .

This is not a hardware problem because this VERY annoying bug doesnt happen in earlier versions of photoshop.

Ive resorted in using CC2019 over the 2020 version because of this.

What kind of keyboard are you using?  This feature has been in place for about a decade and there have been no recent changes.  So, could it be your keyboard?  The spring-loaded shortcuts only work while held down -- could there be some latency in the responsiveness of your hardware?
Thanks,
David

Just updated to the latest Photoshop version and noticed this behavior and it's honestly making the workflow super painful, rather than deliberately switching to the tool i need and back in a very controlled and quick way now i have to worry about how long i press on E or B, please make it optional!

 It at least will take some time to get used to  for something that didn't really need to be implemented and was working smoothly already!

Hey Matt,

Wait, something ain't adding up here.  If you have the Eraser tool active, B will switch you to the Brush tool EITHER a) as long as you hold it down OR b) forever if you press and release it.  E shouldn't do anything with the Eraser tool, except SHIFT+E should switch to the other tools in the Eraser group (Background Eraser, Magic Eraser).  Is this not what you're are seeing?

Thanks,
David

It is a new behavior to me. i just got CC2020. Its only on the eraser tool switching from brush. pressing E switches, but just for one stroke, then back to brush.Holding E works, but  I dont have to hold B for brush for instance. It is absolutely maddening. I figured many people had their left pointer finger on B and ring finger on E and switched tools on the fly like that. I can speak to at least 10 folks that have begrudgingly just learned to deal. but I CANT lol. 

Thanks david!  

Hi Michael,
You're the second German user who's said this shortcut doesn't work for them.  I tried it before (and again just now) and it's working for me.  Where is your shortcut located on your physical keyboard?

Thanks to COVID I'm stuck at home with my only physical device a Mac Book Pro, but on that if I try the ` key (to the left of the #1, below ESC and above TAB) in either English or German PS with either an English or German keyboard, I get the correct results, that is my paint-brush becomes an "eraser-brush".  When I've tried VPNing into my Win10 machine, I see the same results with the same key in the same location.

What are you seeing?
Thanks,
David

Howdy Matt,
The ` key to switch the current brush from paint to erase is new, but spring-loaded shortcuts have been around for at least a decade or more.  Are you seeing different behavior now?  The tools should change is you press-and-hold a different tool shortcut.  Not all are valid -- it's a limited subset, based off your active tool.  Are you not seeing this or would you like this changed?  Do others agree with Matt -- THIS IS WHERE YOUR OPINIONS CAN BE HEARD ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

Thanks,David

that requires holding the tilda down. you can do same by holding E down. That isnt a solution though. Its been drawing with fingers on B and E keys for 22 years, its is insanely frustrating to have my tools revert without me telling them too. 

Is there any way to get these hotkeys to behave like they always had? im at my whits end here. 

Thank you for the advice, but aside from this not working on a technical level, properly due to using a German keyboard layout, I use different brushes for painting and erasing most of the time.

Just use the ~ Tilde key to switch the Brush Tool between painting and erasing

Paint and erase with the same brush

Use the ~ tilde key (below the escape or Esc key) to toggle between painting and erasing with the same brush tip.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new/2020.html