Critical Issue: Photoshop Tools Switching Back Automatically

[Vikas24983500oth2]

Hi Adobe Team, I’m facing a small but very frustrating glitch in Photoshop, and I wanted to bring it to your attention. Whenever I’m using the Move Tool, and I try to switch to the Brush Tool by pressing B on my keyboard, Photoshop jumps to the Brush Tool for a split second and then immediately switches back to the Move Tool on its own. This keeps happening repeatedly, and only after trying 3–4 times does the tool finally switch properly.

This issue is interrupting my workflow and becomes quite irritating, especially during long design sessions. I kindly request you to please look into this bug or guide me if there’s any fix or setting adjustment I should try from my side.

[jane-e]

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@Vikas24983500oth2 wrote:

...or guide me if there’s any fix or setting adjustment I should try from my side.

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This is by design and is a feature, not a bug. I've moved your post from Bugs to Discussions for now.

When you press and hold a keyboard shortcut, Photoshop lets you use that tool and then when you let it go,  it reverts to the original tool.

One option is to tap the key instead of pressing it. The second option is to go to Preferences and either turn off Spring-loaded tool shortcuts or change the timing.

Preferences > Tools > Spring-loaded Tool Shortcuts

Jane