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levelart
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November 15, 2018
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spacebar hand tool illustrator and photoshop 2019???

  • November 15, 2018
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Hi, Whats have Adobe done with the Hand tool and why is it now 'H'

This is in Photoshop and Illustrator (so far)

I can't seem to put the hot-key. back to spacebar as we are only allowed to add letters.

Space bar was the perfect place for the hand tool for quickly moving around your dartboard and by adding command to your keys you could easily zoom in, add alt to the mix and you can zoom out. After using this for more than a decade the new 'H' is just crap.

Can you sort this out Adobe?

at least give us the option to add spacebar manually as a hot-key

Come on Adobe, If it aint broke.........

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    Correct answer levelart

    Ok Guys I've reinstalled all my 2019 Apps and we are back to normal thank god!

    Thanks for trying to help me

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    Colin Holgate
    Colin Holgate
    Inspiring
    November 15, 2018

    I don't think the spacebar was a hot key, it was a modifier, and it still works. The way the spacebar works is that no matter what tool you're in you can hold the spacebar down and temporarily use the hand tool, and when you release the spacebar you're back at whatever tool you were on. Using H as a shortcut is for when you want to permanently choose the Hand tool.

    The spacebar continues to work fine in Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, Animate, and probably every other Adobe app. H as a shortcut to actually select the Hand tool works in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Animate. For some reason it doesn't work in XD.

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    levelartAuthorCorrect answer
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    November 15, 2018

    Ok Guys I've reinstalled all my 2019 Apps and we are back to normal thank god!

    Thanks for trying to help me

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    cyclopsdx
    Inspiring
    November 20, 2018

    Having the same problem, both in Illustrator and InDesign. On project deadline so don't have the time to reinstall at the moment. Very frustrating.

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