Janelle Krzycki Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 The hand tool is not showing up to move my file by pressing the spacebar. Usually this happens mid edit and I'm sure it is caused by something I'm doing without my awareness. Normally I find a stopping point, save my work and restart Photoshop. It's happened twice in the past few weeks now but I don't know what causes it. A glitch, or am I inadvertently touching a combination of keys that change a setting. Added screenshots of my workspace, the first is when the hand tool was not working by using the spacebar, and the second is after restarting PS, and the spacebar is working. My details: I have a Mac desktop running 15.1.1 and Photoshop 26.2.0. It is 3 years old, and has 80GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 700GB free out of 1000GB, and it runs a AMD Radeon Pro 5300 4 GB graphics card. The last time I shut down was last night. I run a cleanup program about once a week. Adobe CC programs are updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 I just replied to your question in the FB group. I'm happy to continue the discussion there, or here, whichever suits you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 3 minutes ago, Janelle Krzycki said: and the second is after restarting PS, and the spacebar is working. That statement doesn't seem to be true. In your second screenshot you have the Hand Tool actually selected. Can you show me a screenshot from when the hand tool ISN'T selected, but the space bar method is working correctly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janelle Krzycki Posted December 28, 2024 Author Share Posted December 28, 2024 True, the screenshot may show me landing on the hand tool, but only after moving up and down the toolbar trying each while using the spacebar to try it after restarting. Here is another screenshot after rebooting not only PS but the computer and the spacebar is working to bring up the hand tool no matter which tool I'm selecting on the left. (for now at least) No other settings or preferences have been changed. Thank you again for responding to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 How odd this all is. Out of curiosity, have you tried a different keyboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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