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June 28, 2021
Question

Space Bar Panning not working

  • June 28, 2021
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Hi Just installed Photoshop 2021 on new Mac running Big Sur 

Can not get the space bar to pan the image when enlarged. I can do it with the mouse but not space bar and drag as before.

Am I missing something here?

using Photoshop 2021 

Using version 22.4.2

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3 replies

Participant
January 25, 2023

Same issue here. Out of nowhere the spacebar stops to work as a temporary tool to pan the canvas with SPACER + LEFT CLICK (and drag). 
Photoshop 22.4.1 
MacOS 13.1

TMPhoto2647194
Inspiring
April 1, 2024

This seems to happen intermittently on my computer. Restart solves the issue for me. 

davecourtemanche
Inspiring
December 15, 2021

Not sure what you are describing by space bar and drag. Is the mouse not involved with this? Space bar + mouse drag works for me. But on a Mac, space bar is part of the OS functions (something with Spotlight, I believe - I disabled long ago for this reason)

 

Participant
December 14, 2023

"Not sure what you are describing by space bar and drag" If you don't understand this, keep your trash knowledge to yourself.

 

But still some how not surprised that adobe hasn't solved this issue. 

josephlavine
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 28, 2021

I often find it helpful to reset the preferences after updating the application. Usually, this helps these types of issues.

Preferences > General > Reset Preferences on Quit

warmly/j

Participant
June 28, 2021

Hi Joseph, Thanks for the reply. I have tried this twice and still not working.