When using a type/text area in PS my keyboard arrow key's sometimes just stop working. There's just no more feedback and I have to restart PS to 'fix' the problem. This is a very annoying bug which really degrades my productivity!
I am running CS6 with OSX 10.8.2
My Mac Pro has a 2.8 GHz Quad Core processor
and 2 GB memory.
I have the same problem, but am finding it seems to be happening when I have Safari open in the background. If I quit Safari, my cursor behaves itself again.
I'm curious to see how many of you setup CS6 similarly to CS5. Meaning, do you guys shrink the main dashboard background and have your tools/pallettes floating, with other apps visible in the background?
I ran into the keyboard problems many times, and it seems the only way I can fix it is through switching from one app and back to Photoshop. However, the same problem keeps happening.
Then, I decided to try and use CS6 as it was intended with the dashboard background encompassing the entire screen, which makes you only focus on your photoshop canvases. This seems to have fix the keyboard problem so far. Will report if anything comes up.
Since installing CS6, I've been working with the dashboard bkg as the entire screen. The only floating palette I have been using is the Kuler extension (for maybe two weeks max) simply because I can't find a satisfactory place to anchor it (I'm kind of a neat freak). I'll try anchoring that palette, and see if that helps.
Most of the time, the apps running in my background are Suitcase Fusion 4 (always), Bridge, Quark 9, and sometimes Safari, iTunes, and a Prynergy workflow system.
It looks like it's been 7 months since this topic was originally opened. I've had CS6 for about 2 months now, and just noticed in the last week this same issue was happening to me. Incredibly frustrating as I cannot understand why a seemingly BASIC function of a computer just up and quits working. The arrow keys no longer work within a text area and neither does the delete key. I'm also noticing the font size isn't matching up either (this could be a separate issue), but occasionally an 18pt font (visually) will show that it's a 3pt font (no idea what is going on there).
Has anybody figured this out? The only thing I can do is restart Photoshop to make it stop, but it always pops back up. I've tried closing Chrome, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and other software but honestly WHY should I have to close these other programs down in order for the text tool to operate correctly in a different program? It IS a massive productivity killer (because here I am wasting time looking up the issue), as small as it may seem.
David, I never used Chrome, do not have a Magic Mouse and no other utilities. An email I got today from Photoshop Family says the (apparently verified) bug is fixed so I will try that. Thanks.
Can you click Help > System Info and let me know what version of CS6 you are running? Also, are you sure that your cursor is not in another field and focus is on the type layer?
What OS are you running? Are you sure you've updated to 14.2.1? What do you do when the problem comes up? Do you have any non-standard mouse or keyboards connected? Do you have any keyboard shortcut software or a tablet installed? If so which one(s)?
I'd love to help get to the bottom of this bug once and for all...!
I have 14.2.1 on OS X 10.9.2. I get the problem just using an apple magic trackpad. I am using PopClip. They disable their stuff for adobe products and I'm not able to get it to actually fail this morning, but I'll try turning PopClip completely off when it does and see if that makes a difference.
Ok David. I was working in photoshop up till I left work last night. I closed my computer and left (so it was asleep). This morning, I just tried it again and it's failing to recognize the arrow keys on text again.
I disabled PopClip to no avail. However, restarting Photoshop worked this time. So, maybe it has something to do with the computer sleeping. The last time I just came back from lunch so it did sleep.
Can you get this problem reliably on your computer going to sleep? Have you tried actually using a mouse and completely disabling your trackpad? Ditto for removing PopClip (cuz many of these apps actually linger in memory)? I believe there's a problem, but since you're the only person voicing this, I'm wondering if there's something specific to your setup.
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