How to get rid of the shortcut for "First Brush"?

[Hannes Drexl]

I'm using a German keyboard layout, and the key to the right of the left SHIFT key (which is \ on US keyboards I believe, it's < on German ones) is assigned to the function "first brush". I took a look at the keyboard shortcuts, and there is nothing assigned to "first brush", yet whenever I hit this key, the first brush is selected. How can I get rid of this shortcut completely? It keeps messing my workflow since I occasionaly hit it by accident while painting, and it changes my currently used brush.

Photoshop 26.3.0 on Windows 10.

[creative explorer]

@Hannes Drexl did you try this.... in your toolbar, there are three ...

Click and hold on those three dots until a bigger pop-up box opens

So, in my case, I never used the Pattern Clone Stamp Tool, so I will remove this from my toolbar and move to the other side. Click and hold and drag it over

Now before I could have use the keyboard shortcuts to get that tool, and now moving it over a little to the extra tools, the keyboard shortcut isn't active on my end. I could even try holding the 'Shift' S to try to cycle to get it, yet, that doesn't work for me. 

[Hannes Drexl]

@creative explorer Thanks for the tip, but "first brush" is not really a tool that's exposed to the toolbar, so it doesn't show up in this list. I do have tools hidden this way, but I still need them occasionally, so I don't have the shortcuts for them disabled.

[creative explorer]

@Hannes Drexl then just change the keyboard shortcut to a different key then?

[Hannes Drexl]

@creative explorer As I wrote in my initial post, there is no keyboard shortcut assigned to this function at all (see screenshot).

[creative explorer]

@Hannes Drexl I can change the Shortcut on my end. Since I never use the Single Row Marquee Tool, it was blank. And once I click on the area, I can add a different keyboard shortcut and save it too (since you are sometimes you say.... It keeps messing my workflow since I occasionaly hit it by accident while painting, and it changes my currently used brush. So, changing the stroke, you won't use it. Hence, why I said try that... OR

In your screenshot, you delete it too.

So, in my case, I have created a brush just for you.

Clcik on the trash can.

A pop-up will open. And say yes. It worked on my end. OR...

Manually find the Keyboard Shortcuts in your Photoshop - Presets - Keyboard Shortcuts - First Brush and delete it

[Hannes Drexl]

@creative explorer Thanks for the idea, but I already tried deleting it. It still is assigned to the "<" key on my keyboard, even if I overwrite it with a different shortcut, this key will always select first brush. This key isn't even listed in the shortcuts. I cannot get rid of it. It might be unchangeable like @Bojan Živković said.

[Bojan Živković]

I believe that Shift + . (dot) serves as a keyboard shortcut for the first brush. There are several shortcuts that lack corresponding menu items, and they cannot be modified, such as stamp layers (all modifiers + E). This one might belong to that category.

[creative explorer]

@Bojan Živković I don't have that brush on my end at all! And the set is different too.... not the standard Photoshop ones

[D Fosse]

Actually, "First Brush" does have a customizable shortcut. The default is the < key.

It's under Tools in the shortcuts dialog:

[Hannes Drexl]

Yes, as I mentioned, I did delete the key for this shortcut, yet when pressing <, it still works. I can't get rid of it. Assigning a different key doesn't help either. I also reverted to Photoshop defaults and tried removing the key, that doesn't help either.

[D Fosse]

That sounds like corrupt preferences. Try to reset.

Remember to save out anything you need first (actions/brushes/etc)

[Hannes Drexl]

I just tried that, I deleted my preferences, restarted Photoshop, deleted the shortcut yet it still works when I press <.