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CTRL + "key" shortcuts not working in Photoshop

Community Beginner ,
Feb 28, 2019 Feb 28, 2019

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Hi,

Today I came across this issue. So any of the CTRL + "key" shortcuts are not working in Photoshop. In other programs as well as in Illustrator and InDesign all seems to work fine. I have tried to reset preferences and reinstall the program and even install previous versions, but the problem persists. Photoshop is stock, with no plugins and no additional gear (drawing pads etc.). OS is the latest Windows 10 update (1809), and PS the latest version.

Does anyone know how to solve this?

EDIT: It seems that any of the letter key shortcuts don't work. So the letter keys themselves seem not to work.

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Community Beginner , May 14, 2019 May 14, 2019

Okay, now I seem to have found the issue.

It is in system language preferences and, as mentioned, concerns the 1809 release of Windows 10.

I prefer to use my Photoshop and other Adobe programs in English, and they are installed as such. Previously I used the English (Finland) as the system language, Finland as the country of region, English (Finland) as the regional formatting and Finnish (QWERTY) as the keyboard layout. The problems with CTRL+(key) -shortcuts occurred occasionally.

I changed the

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Community Beginner , Feb 12, 2020 Feb 12, 2020

Nevermind!

It looks like the issue was Screenshot Studio. After closing this program, Ctrl+D started working normally again.

Hope this helps someone else!

 

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Community Expert ,
Feb 28, 2019 Feb 28, 2019

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Try resetting the preferences:

Preferences in Photoshop

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Community Expert ,
Feb 28, 2019 Feb 28, 2019

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Ilmomi  Do you still have this problem?  

I notice that you have tried resetting Preferences.  Do you have third party extensions, add-ons or plug-ins installed?  If so, close Photoshop, and restart while holding down the shift key  You should see this panel.  Click on yes and see if it makes a difference.

If it does then one of those add-ons causing the issue.

Do you have other applications running?  If yes, close them.

Do you have background process that might steal the shortcuts?  The sort of screen grabbers and record to video apps that some gamers use, for instance.

Have you looked at the shortcuts in Edit > Shortcuts?

Does it look as you'd expect?

Do you use custom workspaces?  If yes, switch to Essentials and reset it.  I used to think  Essentials was hard wired, but you can overwrite.  If that was done with Keyboard Shortcuts checked, then the default shortcuts might have been overwritten.

To clear that go to this location

C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2019\Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 Settings\WorkSpaces (Modified)

...and either rename, or delete Essentials.  This will force the defaults to be loaded.  Restart Photoshop and see if it has helped.

Do you use a gaming keyboard?  Some of them have keys that lock out certain keys to prevent them messing things up during frantic game play.  I once spent ages tracking down a similar issue only to find such a key had been made active.  On my G910 its this one, but it only locks out the Windows keys AFAIK

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 04, 2019 Mar 04, 2019

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I have the same problem and what Trevor.Dennis said those ones didn't help.

Other key combinations works but not ones including CTRL.

Like CTRL + S for examble doesn't work.

EDIT: Idk why but they work now... Maybe Windows Update fixed.
Not sure.

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 16, 2019 Mar 16, 2019

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I've been having the same issue on a fresh Windows install. Been in contact with Adobe, they've accessed my computer, but were unable to find a solution.

On my computer I have 3 languages keyboard profiles installed, upon switching from the English profile to either Dutch of French my photoshop shortcuts went back to normal behavior. The keyboard settings are identical for all 3 languages. Upon switching to English again, shortcuts still don't work.

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New Here ,
Mar 25, 2020 Mar 25, 2020

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thanks I have been having the same issue when I switch another language my ctrl key did'nt work and then I switch back to English language it's start working....

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New Here ,
Apr 07, 2019 Apr 07, 2019

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I have the same problem, just installed newest version last week. Single key shortcut is working, but all others are gone. In keyboard shortcut menu you can see there is no pre set shortcut, even under default setting.

I had to install a older version cc19.1.8 where the shortcuts are working fine.

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Apr 20, 2019 Apr 20, 2019

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The problem went away for a brief time, but today it came back. None of the solutions above have helped.

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Community Beginner ,
May 14, 2019 May 14, 2019

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Okay, now I seem to have found the issue.

It is in system language preferences and, as mentioned, concerns the 1809 release of Windows 10.

I prefer to use my Photoshop and other Adobe programs in English, and they are installed as such. Previously I used the English (Finland) as the system language, Finland as the country of region, English (Finland) as the regional formatting and Finnish (QWERTY) as the keyboard layout. The problems with CTRL+(key) -shortcuts occurred occasionally.

I changed the system language and region to United States and the problem went away. Keyboard layout is still Finnish, and the regional formatting is still English (Finland) modified to my preferences.

I wonder if Adobe is aware of this issue and are they working on it?

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New Here ,
Mar 14, 2021 Mar 14, 2021

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I tried the language changing and nothing. Is so annoying and so small this error. I can´t use the shortcut for rotating, makes me lose a lot of time. No matter if i change it to another one. Someone has another solution???

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New Here ,
Aug 21, 2021 Aug 21, 2021

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Thanks you!
It works!!!!

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New Here ,
Jun 28, 2022 Jun 28, 2022

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That worked, thanks so much!

Headache is finally resolved 

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Aug 04, 2022 Aug 04, 2022

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I literally signed in to say thank you for the solution - it was also the language setting on my computer for me. Changed it back to English and it's working!! I spent so long looking for an answer to this!

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 16, 2024 Jan 16, 2024

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Hey all,

Dealing with the same Photoshop shortcut issue. Pretty annoyed that Adobe's pushing users to mess with Windows settings to fix their bug. Also not a fan of the aggressive charges and hefty cancellation fees. Adobe, step up and do the work to fix it yourselves!

Not cool

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May 14, 2019 May 14, 2019

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Yes, I've also had this issue forever, and like you I finally concluded it has to be region and language settings. I have always had English PS and Windows - but Norwegian keyboard.

I found that ctrl-shift-alt-K, followed by Enter, usually kickstarts it back into operation. That shortcut always seems to work.

I've resigned to it and just try to live with it.

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New Here ,
Nov 24, 2019 Nov 24, 2019

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I have same issue with controls (Ex: CTRL + D) or edit fonctions. Nothing seems work. All the time I close Photoshop and open again and at this time everything works. Really, really annoying. Waste of time

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New Here ,
Nov 24, 2023 Nov 24, 2023

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Bro it really works! Thanks 

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Feb 12, 2020 Feb 12, 2020

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Nevermind!

It looks like the issue was Screenshot Studio. After closing this program, Ctrl+D started working normally again.

Hope this helps someone else!

 

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Apr 26, 2020 Apr 26, 2020

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Here's HOW I fixed mine : 
I had two keyboard languages on my system , English UK and arabic , whenever I switch to arabic , the ctrl key doesn't work 
If I switch to Englis all shortcuts containing ctrl work just fine

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New Here ,
Jan 10, 2021 Jan 10, 2021

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Thanks for this answer but my language was always English USA.  I did notice that there was a checkbox for "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys."  See picture below.  That worked for me....

Screen Shot 2021-01-10 at 10.22.53 AM.png

 

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Jan 26, 2021 Jan 26, 2021

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Thanks @Ilmomi it solved also the issue for me as well.

Latest version of Photoshop and Windows 10 installed but language set to English (German), now it's set to English (United States) and it works.

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Feb 10, 2022 Feb 10, 2022

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Thanks so much.  This has been driving me mad.  I had set to English (Austria) and nothing worked.  Changed to English (UK) and now all fine. So weird 

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May 04, 2022 May 04, 2022

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Sometimes it works.  Sometimes it doesn't.  I just noticed today that other shortcuts work, but not ctrl+0. In addition, even though the image is roughly 1/2 the height of my Photoshop, not only doesn't the shortcut work but selecting "Fit on Screen" on the View menu does not work.

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May 30, 2022 May 30, 2022

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Did you find a fix?  I'm having the same problem.

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I literally signed in to say thank you for the solution - it was also the language setting on my computer for me. Changed it back to English and it's working!! I spent so long looking for an answer to this!

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