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Allen_W
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November 19, 2011
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Photoshop: Ability to use middle mouse button as hand tool

  • November 19, 2011
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CS6: May I suggest to use the middle mouse button as hand tool? So pressing down middle mouse button will drag the image. This will be more convenient because we can drag the image using simply the mouse, instead of having to use the current method of both keyboard+mouse.

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    FeedbackCommunityMember
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    October 7, 2012
    I signed up in here just to request this feature, and not even in CS6 or 7, i want it in CS5 that i currently have.

    Using 3Ds Max and AutoCad all 24/7 and then switching to Photoshop and my brain can't stop holding Center-Click to Pan.

    I looked every where in the Shortcuts menu trying to set CS5 to pan by holding center-click but couldn't find any way to do it, and i looked every where on the internet for how to do that even with a script or something but couldn't find any.

    This really needs to be available soon as an update for CS5, before my brain explodes. 0.o
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    Allen_WAuthor
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    July 27, 2012
    didn't make it into cs6. maybe possible in cs7?
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    iMattK
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    November 22, 2011
    If you have a Wacom tablet you can remap the MMB to behave as the hand tool.
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      FeedbackCommunityMember
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      November 22, 2011
      I used Photoshop today for the first time in years (before mice had middle buttons!) and I can't believe it doesn't support middle mouse button dragging. This has been standard on every imaging software since about 2004, even 3D design software.
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