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David 66
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July 5, 2022
Answered

Have to press key twice for shortcut to stick

  • July 5, 2022
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Hi all,

A few days ago Photoshop started acting weird. For example, let's say the move tool is selected (V). I then press the C for the crop tool, but it won't stay as the crop tool unless I hold the key down or rapidly press C twice. To go back to the move tool, I either have to hold the V key down, or press it rapidly twice. And this is the case for all of the tools that I commonly use. I switched over to Illustrator and InDesign to see if the same behavior happened in those applications, and it did not. I only had to press the key once to get the corresponding tool.

I've reset the preferences, and restarted the computer a couple of times and the behavior stays the same. Any idea how to fix this?

 

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Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

What is the Photoshop > Preferences > Tools > Spring-Loaded Tool Shortcuts setting? 

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clintd72660376
Participant
July 10, 2023

Same. I have to hit most hotkeys twice for them to "stick". Quite annoying.

Participant
November 22, 2022

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

 

This was driving me crazy....  I can't understand why this is a feature and not a bug, but I am just very thankful for the question being answered!  

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
July 5, 2022

What is the Photoshop > Preferences > Tools > Spring-Loaded Tool Shortcuts setting? 

David 66
David 66Author
Known Participant
July 5, 2022

Thank you so much, I turned it off. Now everything works fine with one touch. Sorry I never noticed that setting before. 

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 5, 2022

I think that Preferences setting is fairly new, I have only noticed it recently myself.