Tools swap and change without my orders

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February 6, 2024
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Hello, it's 06 february 2024, I still have this problem

I quitted photoshop and stop drawing months ago, almost a whole year. I came back thinking that maybe this problem as been finally solve but it's still there unfortunately

Yes even if it's been years I have this same problem that's block me to draw I can't motivate me to drop photoshop for good and go to another software. It's like a toxic ex, I cling to when it was working well and all the good memories I have with it lol

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Conrad_C

Community Expert

Is the problem that when you press a single-key shortcut for a tool, it goes to another tool? If so, the setting you want to change is to enable Use Shift Key for Tool Switch. That will not switch tools unless you press the Shift key, so for example, every time you press C it will always be the Crop tool.

But if the problem is that the tool switches when you hold down (not just tap) a key, then the problem is spring-loaded keyboard shortcuts.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

Are you talking about the different tool presets in the brush presets panel?

The trick is to turn on Aditional Preset Info from the panel's flyout menu, so you can see what tool is associated with each preset. Alternatively, hold down the Cmd key when you select a preset to Force Photoshop to not change the tool you are using. Is that what's going on for you?