Hand tool (spacebar) isn't working [2016]

[MaritvanHelden]

Hello,

I got creative cloud with Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign etc.

But my hand tool shortcut with the spacebar isn't working

the hand does appear but when I try to move it gives no reaction

With the shortcut H it works.

I have already reinstalled everything, reset all my tools and reset my warning dialogs.

With my drawing tablet the shortcut also did work, until this morning. It stopped working.

Hope that someone got the answer for me this is pretty annoying I use the hand tool a lot.

Kind regards

[MaritvanHelden]

For all the adobe programs. It is very annoying

I got windows and this is only for cc 2013, I've got cc 2016

[elidefaria]

This did not work for me. I downloaded the plugin, but the handtool shortcut still does not work with my wacom tablet. While pressing the space bar, I can actually see the tool change from a hand to a magnifying glass as soon as I bring my pen close to my tablet surfice. I don't know why it changes to the magnifying glass, but it does. It's very frustrating. 

[Carlos Daniel23741687f8t8]

I have the same problem and started with the installation of a HUION Kamvas 22. Installed the compatibility plugin but is failing to load.

[ssamanen]

Has this ever been solved?  The same thing just happened to me today, first time.  Illustrator and Photoshop both, the space bar does nothing, though the cursor behaves normally otherwise.

I don't have 1Password.

I deleted the prefs for Photoshop, and no change.  (But my interface is back to defaults, so deleting the prefs did do something!  Ugggh.)

I'm on a 2013 Mac Pro, OS X 10.11.2, Photoshop 17.0.0 (CC 2015.5), and this problem popped up out of thin air.  Wasn't doing this two days ago.

[ssamanen]

Okay, I quit all browsers and the issue disappeared, proper cursor/spacebar behavior returned.  Safari and Firefox had both been open at the time, though that's certainly been the case before and never resulted in any conflict like this.

Restarting the browsers and re-launching Photoshop did not bring back the issue, so everything appears to be working fine.  Very strange problem.

[28axmelissarios]

Perhaps a different extension causing the same problem then?

[ssamanen]

It's possible.  The only active extension I have is Video Download Helper, http://www.downloadhelper.net/

The problem hasn't recurred, and I currently have Photoshop and Firefox running simultaneously.  So somehow it was a one-time issue for me.

I did have Acrobat Create PDF as an extension, but it has been disabled by Firefox, which says it could not be verified.  I haven't bothered to look into that.

Firefox 48.0.1, and those are the only two extensions installed.

[Chuck Uebele]

Yea, my spacebar quit also just recently. No longer works with any version of PS or ACR. Not having it in ACR is a killer, as there are no scroll bars, so if you're working zoomed in with say the adjustment brush tool, you can't switch to the hand tool, reposition the display and keep working with the adjustment brush tool, without clicking on the starting anchor point first. Looked through a lot of the suggestions to fix, and haven't come across anything that works. the touchpad delay, doesn't really show up on my system. I've got an Elan touchpad, that has a control for this - to a degree, but after turning the sensitivity down all the away, it still didn't fix the issue. There is no setting in my device manager to turn off the delay, like all these links show. This is what I see:

Tried quitting the browser, but that didn't do anything.

[Mikmar110@gmail.com]

I have this problem occasionally, it goes away if I turn off my Webroot anti virus.

Mike Maher

Sent from my iPhone

[nicolas63755030]

I have the same problem as MaritvanHelden. I solved by changing the sensitivity of the touchpad from "media" to "max". I had tried everything but this is the best solution. Thanks Chuck for the suggestion. 😄

[Mehedi5E85]

thanks nicholas.you saved my life.oooh

[michaelblmp]

Wow thanks! That worked! I was getting so frusterated since my recent update. 

[Daniel Nicholls]

Thank you, ssamanen.

This issue suddenly occurred with Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign. I also had both Safari & Chrome open.

Quit Safari, problem gone.

Restarted Safari, problem has not re-ocurred.

No system restart required.

Same thing happened a few months back but can't remember if I fixed it the same way. Drove me mad.

Strange.

[ZUBA_STUDIO]

Simple solution for all apps SPACEBAR + Fn (FUNCTION KEY ) and double click on canvas....

its done .

You just need to add one more key that is Fn key and your issue will resolve. Enjoy working on all adobe software.

[Radio60]

Had the same problem in PS. The Hand tool appeared but just froze when activated using SPCBR. But it worked fine when activated using H or the toolbar icon.

ZUBA STUDIO's solution solved the problem immediately. All I have to do is press SPCBR, then just tap on the Fn key and it begins to work. 

Thank you so much!

[Radio60]

Further Update with Spacebar/Hand tool issue on a laptop:

1. Fn+SPACEBAR- allows you to move the zoomed canvas.
2. CTRL+SPACEBAR - allows you to move a shape or a marquee selection while creating it - helps in more precise placement.
3. ALT+ SPACEBAR - allows you to move a newly placed anchor point with Pen tool - helps in more precise placement.

[alemieux3]

This does not work for me. Fn + Spacebar and what function key? 

[sacredmashah]

First press the spacebar and then Fn key.....

[sacredmashah]

Thanx alot...... it really worked

[Alyssab6]

Ugh thank you! This was driving me crazy, I quit safari and now it works. So weird. 

[brainfade619]

TY worked for me  LMAO soooooo stupid

[joshuan54632111]

My shortcuts all stopped working, and after some exploration, the fix was simple as quitting out of SAFARI and Photoshop CC, then opening them up again. Poof, everything worked. Weird, indeed...

[gigapede]

Can confirm! The [spacebar]-mouse drag pan works again after quitting Safari and restarting it.

I didn't delete any preferences or even reboot. Simply quitting Safari brought the functionality back and now all apps are playing nice again. I had run Chrome earlier in the day to use Messenger's video chat features, so maybe there was a conflict hiding in the background but I'm working great again, thank you!

Adobe Creative Cloud 2018

macOS High Sierra v10.13.6

iMac 27" late 2012

3.4 GHz Intel Core i7

32 GB RAM

GTX 680MX 2048MB

[visualJAH]

So, sure, quiting browsers seems to make this go away... begging the question, Why the heck is Adobe CC tied into my browsers?!! This is the frustration with Adobe CC assuming we have unlimited network bandwidth that you can use for CC. It simply is not true! This is on Adobe to fix and the browsers are not the culprit here (as they are "blamed" earlier in this thread. What is Adobe doing to fix this problem... after years of being aware that it's a problem?! 

[JeffHAmpersand]

I was having this issue for about a week and discovered today that the culprit was an antivirus software running in the background. So for anyone who is still having this issue, I suggest taking a look at what processes your machine is running and shutting them down to see what might be causing the keyboard shortcut glitches in Creative Suite apps.