I can't change the shortcut for the key "<"

[raphaël_7881]

Hello, the key "<" is currently assigned to decrease the tool hardness.

I desperately need to assign "decrease tool size" instead, but Photoshop tells me it is impossible - even if I delete the hardness shortcut. I did however assigned the ">" key to "increase tool size" without any problem.

I use an azerty keyboard and windows 11, any idea how to fix this ?

Thank you !

[mglush]

Hi!

What tool are you wanting to resize using the "<" key?

Michelle

[raphaël_7881]

Hello, it's the brush size.

[Anshul_Saini]

Hi @raphaël_7881,

Thanks for confirming that. On an AZERTY keyboard, the “<” key is normally registered as a comma ( , ) unless you press Shift. To use it for brush size, you’ll need to press Shift + <.

If you’re already pressing Shift and it still doesn’t work, a third-party app, plugin, or even a background utility could be intercepting the shortcut. In that case, try testing Photoshop in Windows Safe Mode to see if the behavior changes.

If that doesn’t help, you may use Photoshop’s default shortcuts [ and ], it will let you decrease or increase brush size.

Best,

Anshul Saini

[raphaël_7881]

Hello Anshul, thank you for your answer.

Unfortunately, I'm already using SHIFT + < (which is > in AZERTY) for "increase brush size"

You see, I was using an old photoshop version with the following shortucts :

"decrease brush size" [<]

"increase brush size" [SHIFT] + [<]

It was perfect, very ergonomic, and I was using it constantly.

If I can't do it anymore, I will unfortunately stop using photoshop and go full clips studio paint 😕

[raphaël_7881 · Accepted solution]

[UPDATE : SOLVED] 

What I did :

1. Delete the current shortcut [<] "decrease brush hardness"

2. With AutoHotKey, I remapped the key [<] towards [:]  with the following code :

#IfWinActive ahk_exe Photoshop.exe
SC056::Send :
#IfWinActive

Now it works : when I press [<] in Photoshop, it is remapped towards [:] which is the shortcut for "decrease brush size".

Thank you very much everybody - I just wished Photoshopped would stop hardwire shortcuts...