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September 8, 2026
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Let us turn off the "tab hides the UI" shortcut

  • September 8, 2026
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We have keyboard customizability; you have the “hide all your toolbars” button, in what I must assume is a prank, on an unmodified key that is possibly the second easiest key to hit on the keyboard after the space bar.

 

Why on earth can I not remap that to something completely out of the way so as to not whammy myself with frustration. 

    3 replies

    Chris 486
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 11, 2026

    I would also prefer that any key can be remapped. I use the keyboard left and right handed and would love a mirror map of the keys so I can switch which hand I rest on the keyboard.

    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 11, 2026

    As a user of English-language Photoshop with a non-english keyboard I understand the frustration with the lack of customisability for certain keyboard shortcuts. 

    Quite frankly Photoshop’s shortcut situation seems like a little bit of a hodgepodge – not a major one, mind you. 

    jane-e
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 8, 2026

    ​@Wayne36228588q66h wrote: “…in what I assume must be a prank”

     

    I assure you that using Tab to hide the toolbars is not a prank. It’s been around in many other applications as well since I started back in 1989, and is helpful for those with small screens.

    I understand that you don’t want to get rid of it for everyone, you just want to be able to turn it off on your own system. Adobe will see your post here, and others may upvote it.

     

    Jane

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