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CalinR
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November 22, 2010
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Cannot select or deselect objects in Fireworks CS5

  • November 22, 2010
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I cannot seem to select or deselect objects in fireworks by clicking on them. I have to click and drag in order to select an object and click and drag to deselect. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong or how I can fix this? Thanks.

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      FIXED....

      Its Spotify.... Close it and try again.. Worked for me....

      Grrrrr... I blame Xmas and all the offices for having music on.

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      DustinFL
      Participating Frequently
      September 17, 2014

      I'm having the same issue on my work machine, which is an iMac running 10.7.5. Spotify definitely takes away Fireworks functionality. I can run Chrome, iTunes and VLC no problem. Chrome has a few extensions.

      My personal Windows (8.1) machine at home is perfectly fine.

      I'm running the Spotify web player in Safari for the time being. Music is playing and Fireworks is working so I'll just do that and subscribe to the threads here and at Spotify for updates.

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      Dave Hogue
      Participant
      September 18, 2014

      Running Google Play Music in Chrome on OSX 10.9.4 breaks it for me, which is why I was looking at streaming media as the problem. Maybe since the Flash plug-in is baked into Chrome?

      fcaivano
      fcaivano
      Participant
      September 14, 2014

      Can someone DO something?

      Adobe people? We are paying for this... Im paying for both Fireworks and Spotify's subscription so can someone fix it...

      I can't live without music.... And i need fireworks to earn my living.

      Thanks.

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      Dave Hogue
      Participant
      September 15, 2014

      It's not just Spotify. When I have Google Chrome open on my Mac desktop, Fireworks malfunctions the same way.

      I think it is related to using Flash for streaming media. If Flash is running in an app or in the browser, Fireworks stops working. When ONLY Fireworks is running, it works normally.

      I think this is related to the recent Flash update and is not limited to just Spotify. This may very well be an Adobe problem (and if not fixed is the likely the death of FW for me...)

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      luxuz2
      Participant
      September 10, 2014

      Same problem with spotify. Please fix this. A life without music is no life. A life without fireworks neither.

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      johnsoniscool
      Participant
      September 10, 2014

      I can confirm on my MBP that is is the fault of Spotify native app. Quitting the Spotify native app fixes the Fireworks issue. However, the issue is no Spotify. To fix THAT probably, I'm using the Spotify web app. Fireworks works with the Spotify web app. HOWEVER, now I can't control the music with the keyboard (play, forward, backwards). Someone needs to contact Spotify to fix this issue with the native app.

      uxjam
      uxjam
      Participant
      September 5, 2014

      As of Sept 2, 2014 I started having this issue in Fireworks. Seemed to start after updating to the latest version of Spotify...nothing else that I can think of changed. Running Fireworks CS5 on a MacBook Pro. Problem doesn't happen with Chrome, but it's very clear with Spotify. The moment I open it the problem starts, the moment I close it the problem stops!

      Designing without music is really sad

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        CrowDER2k
        Participant
        September 9, 2014

        Same problem, close spotify and problem solved, I don't know if is problem of adobe or spotify but someone has to fix this bug, design without music sucks, and yes something in the lastest update of spotify causes this problem, can anyone tell me how to install previous version of spotify desktop app ?

        sd_webmaster
        sd_webmaster
        Participant
        September 4, 2014

        Same Problem here with (normal Chrome). I use CS6 and every time i start or use Chrome my Fireworks stops working. No selection or shortcut+mouse-function work anymore.....

        After closing Chrome everythink is fine again....

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        ChristopheHT
        Participant
        June 3, 2014

        It's the same with Google Play Music (Chrome extension). Just to let you know. On Fireworks CS6 (the latest version on Adobe Creative CC)

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          Praxiteles01
          Participant
          June 13, 2015

          That was it for me too - Google Play. Life saver post! Thanks!

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          Kjaga_Go
          Participant
          January 6, 2013

          FunctionFlip for Mac is also causing the same problem under CS6

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          thevbcoach
          Participating Frequently
          January 11, 2013

          Well,

          That did it for me. Thanks a bunch. Adobe, I hope you are reading this. There is no good reason for apps that control media or function keys to keep your app from functioning correctly.

          Here's an idea Adobe: Load functionflip on your Mac. Launch Fireworks. See if it prevents you from selecting objects. If it does, figure out why and fix it.

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          s_j_g_b
          Participant
          May 31, 2012

          This selection problem happened to me as soon as i tried to use the CS6 demo on OSX10.6.6. I thought it was because the min OSX was 10.6.8. So gave up and went back to CS5.

          All was working well for days. until today.

          The cause in my case was docking the properties bar with my other palettes.

          My solution was to simply float the properties palette and it started working again with no need for a restart. If i dock it again, the selection tool stops working instantly. Drag it away and it works again!

          So the bug must be in Fireworks.

          I had no other apps runing while testing this.

          Stuart

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          NepoL
          Participant
          November 23, 2011

          Closing VLC Player worked for me, apparently is a media issue. Thanks!

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          KTastrophy
          Participant
          September 1, 2011

          I was having this problem on Mac 10.7.1 and apparently it was caused by having VLC open at the same time. For anyone having this problem I would suggest closing other programs one by one and checking too see if its fixed.

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          CalinRAuthor
          Participating Frequently
          September 1, 2011

          Yeah, I'm thinking it's any program that uses media keys on a mac will break fireworks. VLC, Grooveshark Helper, and Spotify all use the play, pause buttons.

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          synaestheticsLLC
          Participant
          September 12, 2011

          I've just reported a similar bug - can't shift-click and select multiple, contiguous layers (it deselects the ones already selected, or selects ones you didn't click on). Looks like it's an open GChat window that causes it (I didn't have any music apps open or running).

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