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ChrisMirsch
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August 31, 2022
Question

Type Tool Keyboard Shortcut (T key) Not Functioning Properly

  • August 31, 2022
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Recently I've been running into an issue where I want to switch to my Type tool, so I click the "T" key which is the default keyboard shortcut for the Text tool. Everytime I hit the T key, it will switch to the Type tool for a split second then it immediatley switch back to the last tool I was using, no matter how may times I press the T key. I'm able to select the Type tool manually with my mouse/cursor, but for the sake of productivity and workflow, this is not very convenient, especially since I'm acustom to using the shortcut key. 

The amount of bugs Adobe products have now has become very discouraging and time consuming...

Mid 2015 MBP
Photoshop V. 23.50.0

    3 replies

    PECourtejoie
    PECourtejoie
    Adobe Expert
    July 11, 2023

    Hi, in Preferences> Tools, disable "Spring loaded tool shortcuts", or change the timing up to 400 miliseconds or more.

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      Zim25897389da8o
      New Participant
      April 30, 2024

      It helps. Thanks!

        hekselsior
        hekselsior
        Known Participant
        July 11, 2023

        I have the same annoying bug here, even on my Windows desktop and laptop.  Whenever I hit the T shortcut for the Type tool, it is always switched immediately to another tool I use previously. Terribly irritating. 

         

        My desktop is kind of old, Intel Core i7 4th gen, 16GB Ram, GTX 1060 Windows 10, while my laptop comes with recent hardware; Ryzen 9, RTX 3050, 16GB Ram on Windows 11. But both device has the same Photoshop bug. 

         

        This has been happening for quite some time now, I thought it was sorted out after updates, but not happening yet.  

         

          

        AxelMatt
        AxelMatt
        Adobe Expert
        July 11, 2023

        Nave you tried to reset the preferences of Photoshop using the steps described here: 

        Preferences in Photoshop (adobe.com) 

        Please backup your settings before resetting the preferences. You can check: 

        Migrate presets, actions, and settings (adobe.com) 

         

        you can also take a look which funtion is configured to the key T.

        Goto  to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.and check the appropriate settings.

        https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/customizing-keyboard-shortcuts.html

         

        My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz Photo
        CShubert
        Community Manager
        CShubertCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        September 1, 2022

        Hi @ChrisMirsch sorry to hear this.

         

        Let's make sure we're in a default state and there are no stale settings somewhere: 

        Restore your preferences using this manual method:  

        https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually  

        Does it work correctly? 

        If that doesn't solve it, you can quit Photoshop and put the Settings folder back. 

         

         

        It may help if we could see your Photoshop System Info. Launch Photoshop, and select Help >System Info...and copy/paste the text in a reply.  

         

        Thank you,

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