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FlorianSalomez
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November 9, 2022
Question

Decrease brush size shortcut won't work on a speficic keyboard key

  • November 9, 2022
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Hello y'all! 

 

I'm struggling with a very annoying bug when I try to create a shortcut for decreasing my brush size.

I have always  used the key "<" for decreasing my brush size and the key "W" for increasing the brush size.

 

When I installed the latest version, this shortcut stopped working properly.

It still works for the stamp tool and the eraser tool but when it comes to the brush tool, I can only increase the size of my brush and Photoshop somehow refuses to consider the key < ( to decrease the size of the brush)

I tried to use different keys and it works just fine. I tried to reset the parameters to defaults, uninstall and re install Photoshop, nothing worked. I asked a coworker using the same version to use my key as shortcuts and it worked perfectly fine for him. This is madness.

Could you please help me out ? I have strong habits with these shortcuts and it truly breaks my workflow

Cheers

 

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Myra Ferguson
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Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 10, 2022

Here are some solutions you can try (it sounds like it could be a third-party utility--so for sure try solution 3):

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FlorianSalomezAuthor
Participant
November 17, 2022

Thank you Myra! It almost resolved my problem completely. My keyboard is now detected and working but in a very weird way as I have now to hold the key so it can work properly which is weird because I have no problem to type "<" when using the text tool. 

Myra Ferguson
Community Expert
Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 17, 2022
Just a regular Microsoft Keyboard, nothing too fancy I'm afraid.
I did try to troubleshoot the keyboard too but no improvments. All of this is so weird.

I had no problem with this keyboard before updating my photoshop version 🙁

I wonder if the issue could be related to the French version of Photoshop. In the American/English version, the keyboard shortcuts for decrease/increase brush size are "[" and "]" respectively. Do those work?

 

There is another type of shortcut for decreasing/increasing brush size using modifier keys that you could try:

• On macOS:

Control + Option - drag left/right to decrease/increase brush size & up/down to decrease/ increase brush hardness.

• On Windows:

Control + Alt + Right-click - drag left/right to decrease/ increase brush size & up/down to decrease/ increase brush hardness.

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