Spacebar closing Illustrator and not working in text

[CHELSEA24125035z8k9]

I updated Illustrator on my Mac to the most recent update and now whenever I use the space bar it hightlights the exit button in the top left corner of the app. If I am working on a new doc this brings up the save pop up window and if I am in a doc with no recent changes it exits the app completely. I just want to put a space in between words and not have the app demand to close. How do I fix this?

[kevin stohlmeyer]

Try resetting your preferences.

Go to Preferences/General and click the reset button. Relaunch AI.

[CHELSEA24125035z8k9]

I have tried doing this as well as uninstalling, reinstalling, trying a different update, and restarting my computer to no avail. Thank you for the suggestion though

[Monika Gause]

Are you sure that this is not something in the system interfering here?

[CHELSEA24125035z8k9]

I dont think so there is as I have restarted the computer, closed all the programs and only ran Illustrator, and uninstalled and reinstalled Illustrator. I am at a loss at what else to try.

[kevin stohlmeyer]

Go to Apple System Prefs/Keyboard/Input Sources. Check show input sources in menu bar.

This will allow you to show the Keyboard Viewer.

It gives you a visual cue when you type. Try hitting space bar when in AI again and see what the visual keyboard is showing.

[CHELSEA24125035z8k9]

It is showing the space bar being hit 

[kevin stohlmeyer]

One other thought. How many fonts do you currently have active?

[CHELSEA24125035z8k9]

I just set my apps up on a new computer so it is all the default fonts that are active

[kevin stohlmeyer]

How many in total? What are you using for font management?

[Anshul_Saini]

Hi @CHELSEA24125035z8k9,

Sorry to hear about your trouble. It seems this is happening due to a new feature/enhancement introduced by Apple in macOS Monterey in Oct 2021. Please try turning off the "Enable Full Keyboard Access" option under Apple Menu > System Preferences > Accessibility> Keyboard > Navigation to resolve this issue.

I hope it helps!

Regards,

Anshul Saini