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26.2 / win11
Exactly what the title says. I don't have any sticky/filter keys on, I don't have any modifier key selected.
How do I fix this? Happens even when closing/re-opening. Not a big fan of using a mouse if I don't have to.
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This happens because you have pressed the Alt key before pressing L.
Pressing the Alt key once on Windows activates single letter shortcuts for the menus, the associated letter will be underlined in the menu item. The L will be underlined in the Layer menu.
Pressing Alt again will turn the feature off.
I don't have any problems with this, but it can apparently be disabled.
https://www.google.com/search?q=disable+alt+key+windows&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
This is not a bug, so a moderator will move this thread to Discussions.
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No, this isn't it - There's no underline, I know about this feature in windows, double-alt-ing gets it out of that mode, esc gets it out of that mode; this isn't that, but that is exactly what it behaves like. This is consistent even with closing/restarting PS
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Try resetting the preferences, use the manual method described here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually
Instead of moving the entire settings folder, try to move only the preferences file first.
It's named Adobe Photoshop 2025 Prefs.psp.
If that doesn't help, move the whole settings folder to the desktop. If neither helps, you can move the old settings folder back into place.
Does this only happen when pressing L, or are other tool shortcuts affected as well?
Have you tried a different keyboard?
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I uninstalled/reinstalled to fix.
I don't think recommending people delete their preferences is an acceptable solution - I've been using PS for over a decade and it is painful to use a default-settings fresh install, everything is in nonsensical places.
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I'm glad that fixed it for you, but reinstalling rarely fixes anything.
I take it that you chose to keep the preferences when uninstalling?
I have used PS for over twenty years (not a heavy user, I do most of my work in LrC), and have only had to reset the preferences once. I just deleted the preferences file, which fixed the issue, and everything was in the right place when I relaunched PS.