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carlamariadeazevedo
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March 9, 2010
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how do i disable the rotate view tool?

  • March 9, 2010
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Im using photoshop cs4 on a mac.

the rotate view tool and hand tool keeps rotating my canvas of its own acord. is there anyway to disable these tools since i have no need of them.

grateful for any help, thankyou

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    Correct answer SG...

    yes I am, is it possible to stop the trackpad from activating the tool?


    Hi Carla,

    http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4337

    Keep you from reading thru all the water under the bridge. ;-)

    Regards,

    steve

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    brimful98
    New Participant
    July 5, 2011

    If you are using a Mac lap top, you are most likely rotating when your index finger and thumb are both on the mouse pad.  This causes it to rotate accidentally. Just rotate it back - making your thumb and index finger like a "c"  and twist. 

      Tai_Lao
      Tai_Lao
      Inspiring
      July 6, 2011

      brimful,

      You're replying to a sixteen (16) month old post… 

      SG...
      Adobe Employee
      SG...
      Adobe Employee
      July 6, 2011

      Hi,

      Just to add, since this old nut has been cracked open, ESC is the quickest way to undo a canvas rotate. The earlier posts in this thread also were pertinent to Ps CS4.

      In Ps CS5, we added a preference option to enable/disable the multi-touch gestures. There's no longer a need to download and install a plug-in to disable.

      regards,

      steve

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        imac_guy
        New Participant
        April 6, 2011

        It could also be the keyboard shortcut OPT+F13.  When I fill an object with OPTION+DELETE I sometimes hit that keyboard shortcut instead and accidentally rotate the view.  I am looking for a way to disable the option+F13 shortcut, any ideas?

        Thank you

        SG...
        Adobe Employee
        SG...
        Adobe Employee
        April 6, 2011

        Hi,

        Take a look in Window> Workspace> Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus...

        Click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab and then on the right side click the Summarize... button. Look thru the resulting page for where Opt+F13 shows up. I don't think that one is assigned in the factory defaults. It sounds like you have an action assigned to it, or the default 'R' for that tool was reassigned.

        regards,

        steve

        Reynolds__Mark_
        Reynolds__Mark_
        Inspiring
        March 9, 2010
        the rotate view tool and hand tool keeps rotating my canvas of its own acord.

        It will not do this of its own accord. Chances are you are accidentally pressing the R jey. Best solution is to change your keyboard shortcut to take the R key away from Rotate View.

        Disabing Open GL, although its of course possible, will also disable all Open GL features.

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        carlamariadeazevedoAuthor
        New Participant
        March 10, 2010

        thankyou for the replies but it isnt the R key.

        It seems to be something to do with the mouse pad. when I move the cursor across the screen, every so often it seems to activate the rotate tool. can I disable that function at all?

        SG...
        Adobe Employee
        SG...Correct answer
        Adobe Employee
        March 11, 2010

        yes I am, is it possible to stop the trackpad from activating the tool?


        Hi Carla,

        http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4337

        Keep you from reading thru all the water under the bridge. ;-)

        Regards,

        steve

        c.pfaffenbichler
        c.pfaffenbichler
        Community Expert
        March 9, 2010

        Come to think of it, You could under Edit – Keyboard Shortcuts – Shortcuts for: Tools try removing the single-key shortcut from the Tool.

          c.pfaffenbichler
          c.pfaffenbichler
          Community Expert
          March 9, 2010

          You could turn off OpenGL in Preferences – Performance, but You would lose all other OpenGL-capabilities, too.

          It seems peculiar that the Tool should operate without input … could the R-key be stuck on Your keyboard or something?

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