Brush preview missing even though caps lock is OFF

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
March 22, 2017
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Not sure when this started, but my brush preview refuses to show up, it's just the crosshair. My caps is definitely off. If I turn caps on and off, the preview appears again, but the second I move my cursor it goes right back to the crosshair. It's very frustrating! This is true of all brushes (including eraser). I noticed that under view>show>brush preview, it's unchecked, however no matter how many times I click on it (it acts like I clicked on it normally, the dropdown goes away like you'd expected to and the words aren't greyed out), it won't check. In preferences I have it set to do the normal brush preview and not the crosshair, but nothing changes. Please help!

Correct answer doxton

Brilliant. Thanks for this solution. Didn't notice that my laptop had the caps lock on as I was using an external keyboard.

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alexvoz

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Try on option in the settings of brush tool.

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Mundstrom

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My issue is that the caps-lock on/off feature is reversed. I have to have caps-lock ON in order to see my brush tip, not off. It's driving me nuts!

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peterp2015

Participant

I have the exact same problem. Working on a Macbook Pro. Caps Lock function is reversed so when I go to write and email or chat I"M YELLING AT EVERYONE....

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Mundstrom

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Hey Peter,

I fixed it! Unfortunately it required me to close Photoshop, trash my preferences, then reopen Photoshop:

/Users/~your user~/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 Settings

Before you do this, I suggest you use the preset import/export function in order to restore any brushes, actions, workspaces and any other customised settings.