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Command/Ctrl + Spacebar zoom shortcut not working [2018]

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December 5, 2018
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For years I have used the command/ctrl + spacebar shortcut as a way to drag and zoom but after updating to PS 2019, that shortcut is not working. Does anyone know how to restore this function?

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Correct answer Susan Brand

That's a tough thing to ask, but I'm glad that did it. Was it the "clean install" or a simple reinstall?

I think it was either the hard reboot or re-install (not clean and just reinstalled CC desktop)

do77709026

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have the same problem with photoshop 2024 25.12, impossible to find a solution

jonw77

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Close Chrome.Worked for me.

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smgsa

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It does seem that Chrome is hijacking the shortcut. What works for me, in this order, as this happens somewhat regularly, is to quit Chrome, quit Photoshop, restart the computer, open Photoshop, try the shortcut, and it's usually restored by then. Hope this can help!

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RainbowKatra

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I tried everything mentioned here, nothing worked. I found, by accident, that rather than command+spacebar on my mac, "z" by itself give me the same funtionality as (it doesn't select the tool, but rather makes it active only while "z" is pressed). And then z+option zooms out. Not sure why this changed, I'm just glad to have a quick-key option back. Going to take a while to retrain my fingers for new muscle memory ...

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Timothy J Lavrouhin

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Yep, that's super helpful. After 30 years of using Photoshop I just have to relearn muscle memory. Of course it doesn't work if I'm masking and I decide to zoom up to get more detail. Come On Adobe. [cursing removed]?

Carola_BHG

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This could be a note to my self but also a solution for some. I had to restart my Mac to get Zoom working as usual, restarting PS, Chrome or anything else didn't work and also Siri and Spotlight shortcuts were disabled as usual.

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bugmed37875781

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Hey guys it's not that hard !! Just try doing ctrl + E , you will thank me later ❤️

jane-e

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@bugmed37875781 wrote:

Hey guys it's not that hard !! Just try doing ctrl + E , you will thank me later

Ctrl+E is a shortcut for merging layers and does not apply to this thread about Zoom shortcuts.

Result	Windows	Mac
Merge layers	Highlight layers you want to merge, then Control + E	Highlight the layers you want to merge, then Command + E

Jane

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adieu

Inspiring

If you go to Preferences > Performance, is "Use Graphics Processor" checked? GPU needs to be enable for Scrubby Zoom to function.

In Illustrator, I don't get "Use Graphics Processor".

Under Preferences > Performance is: "Compatible GPU available".

Under this is "GPU Performance" and "Animated Zoom".

Both are checked.

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Emory Royston

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I was having this same issue, finally found the solution on a different forum.

If the bounding box around your artboards is white, as mine was, you might be in "Overprint Preview". You can turn it off by simply going to View menu and uncheck "Overprint Preview".

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Emory Royston

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The default keyboard function for Overprint Preview is "ctrl+alt+shift+y" so it is possible to toggle it by mistake

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Lee James

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Update: I've made some discoveries about this problem:

First, the feature is called "Scrubby Zoom". There's a "Scrubby Zoom" checkbox in the zoom tool. It's grayed out on my machine.

The reason it's not working is because this feature uses the GPU, but Photoshop no longer accepts my GPU! This is ridiculous as it's a perfectly good GPU.

So rather than buy a new GPU, I'm just going to have to revert back to an earlier Photoshop!

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Lee James

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I have the same problem! I've just installed Photoshop 2020 and when I hold Ctrl+Space, instead of zooming, it draws a zoom selection box! Resetting the prefs made no difference!

There's no way I can use Photoshop like this! I feel so handicapped not being able to zoom smoothly! I only 'upgraded' to this version for the bug fixes, but I can live with the old bugs if necessary.

I also notice this version of Photoshop has no option to show the pixel grid. I wonder if that is related to the problem?

I'm on Win 7 x62, with a Sapphire ATI Radeon 4670 graphics card.

AISdman

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This is a recurring problem for me too, and I always forget how to fix it. Often it is Google Chrome hijacking shortcuts so just try restart that, before any hard reboots etc.

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ono333

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I am having the same really anoying issues. It is not a settting issue, because the issue come and go ramdomely. In the past the same issue had been resolved by closing Safari, but this trick doesn't work now.

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Lee James

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I have the same problem! I've just installed Photoshop 2020, and when I hold Ctrl+Space and drag the mouse, instead of zooming, it draws a zoom selection box! Resetting the prefs made no difference.

There's no way I can use Photoshop like this! I feel so handicapped not being able to zoom quickly and smoothly. Losing this feature would be like having an arm chopped off! The only reason I "upgraded" to this version was for the bug fixes, but I'm happy to go back. I could work around the bugs.

I wonder if this has something to do with OpenGL? I notice that this version of Photoshop has no option to show the pixel grid, which apparently requires OpenGL?

My OS: Win 7 x64

My graphics card: Sapphire ATI Radeon 4670

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