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January 24, 2020
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Spacebar not working as quick hand tool on MAC – Adobe Illustrator

  • January 24, 2020
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I have the latest Illustator and Photoshop version and in both of them the spacebar ain't working as quick hand tool on Mac.

Correct answer André Luis380474995cdr

Guys, i fixed this today just Disable the Full Keyboard Acces on Accessibility settings;

70 replies

Participant
February 4, 2022

For me it was the LastPass application; I quit that and the spacebar started performing correctly in Illustrator again.

Participant
December 31, 2021

Same thing happened to me. Just shut down Word and the spacebar/handtool works again.

Leandro Lobo Muniz
Participant
December 14, 2021

I've closed the MS Word and restarted my macbook and it worked. 

Participant
December 6, 2021

It happened to 4 people in our office, 

 

Turns out our Security system "WebRoot" was causing it, so we just had to tick "Pause Secure Keyboard Entry" from the top bar. Worked a treat.

MisterExt
Participant
September 27, 2021

Incase anyone else runs into this, sometimes Terminal can steal the spacebar command from Photoshop. I keep mine open for running utitlities and purging the RAM, but occasionally it messes with Photoshop. Quitting and relaunching Terminal fixes it.

 

You can also usually avoid Spotlight popping up if you hit the spacebar first and then hit command/ctrl.

 

As others have said, other apps tend to steal the command sometimes. It's annoying.

gjnelsondotcom
Participating Frequently
September 27, 2021

Holy Microsoft Word Batman. I had this issue and quitting MS Word corrected it. WHY! Geesh.

UtahRugbyGuy
Participant
September 16, 2021

This works:
(tried a few things based on other sites/threads).

 

Save your work, close all Adobe apps
(didn't work for just Illustrator. I had to close Photoshop and InDesign to make it work)

 

Option + Click-Finder (in Dock): Relaunch
(Takes just a few seconds)

 

Opened Illustrator again and problem was solved.

 

Some threads also said they had to restart computer and issue was fixed. Mine worked just doing the Relaunch Finder thing.

 

FYI: I'm still running an older CS 5.1 but from my understanding, it's the same issue with the apps running, any version, even CC.

 

One helper said this issue happens at random times from using the Command + H (hide) in any of the apps. I know this or something similar has happened to me in the past but I've been a designer using Adobe products since 1990 and it's very rare to me.

 

Hope this helps someone 🙂

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Participant
September 9, 2021

I didn't read the entire thread but when I quit Excel, the spacebar and spacebar + Command started working again. 

Participant
September 2, 2021

Hi,

 

I had to enable the 'Use OpenCL' on my M1 Apple MBP. Nothing else worked for me.

 

Participant
July 20, 2021

I got a new computer (iMac 2020/BigSur) and mine wasn't working either after installing Creative Cloud and Photoshop 22.4.3 update; very frustrating. Spent two hours researching for a solution with no relevant solutions.  I rebooted the computer, and now it works (insert annoyed face here).  Camera Raw was also opening greyed out.  Now it works too.