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ErickFabrizi_25
Participant
July 29, 2026
Question

When pressing Alt, Ctrl or Shift, all the shurtcuts are messed up, and can't use my mouse for the brush. Space bar deosnt work, i cant create clipping mask with alt, i cant select layers with shift.

  • July 29, 2026
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When I open photoshop, everything works normally, until I press CTRL or shift or Alt, where all my commands stop working.
When I press, for example Ctrl+Z to undo. When I try using Shift to sleect a layer. When i use ALT+TAB to change window.

The errors are. 
Can’t use space bar to move canva. Can’t select more than one layer with Shift. Mouse can’t paint with the brush. Can’t create a clipping mask wiht Alt. Just the few that i tried using.

I had the same mistake a couple days ago, and i solved it by pressing both shift for 5 seconds, and everything was working accordingly. 
I tried using the same trick to “fix it” and it doesnt work.
Last time i uninstalled photoshop 3 times and it didnt work neither.

    1 reply

    Jeff Arola
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 29, 2026

    What version of Photoshop and Windows are you using?

     

    I would try a reset of the Photoshop preferences:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/desktop/get-started/settings-and-preferences/reset-preferences.html