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Hand Tool lock after releasing spacebar

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
March 7, 2023
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Hi all,

since the last update i have an issue with the hand tool. Usually i use the space bar for switch to the hand tool and scroll the image, but after releasing the space bar and the mouse click the tool keep working like if i am still holding down the commands annd the cursor movement clearly move my visual. For unlocking it i have to click 4-5 times on the image o clickin on the navigator.

Someone have an idea for fixing it? 😞

Thanks a lot

Windows

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chris_xl

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I have the same question as the previous poster.

infinityphotorob

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I have been running the Beta and it mostly works right. I can tolerate it. But the latest full release PS is terrible. I feel like my hand is attached to the Wacom. Adobe FIX THIS!!!

B_C_E_75

Inspiring

I've been putting off using photoshop as long as I can, but I had to use it yesterday and I just wanted to scream. How can an issue like this persist for so long?! This thread was started back in freaking March! This has been going on for 7 months! Does no one from Adobe ready anything posted in these forums?

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JamesDuffield

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Same happening here. PS ver 25.0.0.

When I hold space bar and do a quick flick and let go of mouse (within a second or so) the hand tool stays active/dragging. Have to press space bar again to release.

If I wait longer to let go of the mouse then it works as expected.

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defaultxi5yg3k4t743

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Hello with the new version my tools are always on the hand tool and are not working. With previous version I did not had this problem. I am on a Macbook M1

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Christian25246318jwif

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I don't understand why there aren't a lot more feedback here. I have the problem on 3 different systems, so I can almost rule out a hardware-specific problem.
It can't be the case that the most of users don't update?
I've been struggling with this problem for months now, it's really annoying to constantly have to focus on it and check after every update whether it has finally been fixed and in the meantime work on the old versions.

Oh yes, I have the problem in the latest new version 25 and also in the beta. Now not only with the tablet, but also the mouse is more intensively affected in the normal 25 version. When I quickly move images with the hand tool by pressinc the spacebar and navigate through the image, my hand remains constantly stuck to the image, making it almost impossible to work normally.

chris_xl

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Happens to me too. Fresh Photoshop (25.0) install. When i use the hand tool to scroll over the a image, i got stuck in the hand tool most of the time. For unlocking i have to click in the image several times. Never had this problem with 24.0 and below. Please fix this, it is so annoying!!!

ps: I tested a bit, and it only seems to happen when i do quick scrolls with the hand tool. If i press the buttons very slow, it works "normal".

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aleguida

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Hi,

Same issue here. I had to downgrade to 23.0, even in 24.0 the animated zoom is not working properly.

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Christian25246318jwif

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It's just sad, not only is the bug still present in the latest version, since the latest beta it's also included in the beta (which wasn't the case before)

Optimistic_force0D44

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So they made it consistent (consistently wrong :)).

Marek Domke

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I'm on 24.7 now and the bug is still present. Did a prefs reset, but the sticky hand came back quickly.

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Fych

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I have this bug too, tried everything mentionned in this thread. Anything that involves hold and drag, the tool sticks and it is making me crazy. The hand tool and the color picker especially. I click, drag to pan (or color pick), release the mouse OR pen, but it is still panning or color picking one time out of 4. I really hope for a solution soon, this is the most annoying bug in the world.