Yea, my spacebar quit also just recently. Although many Photoshop users may not ever touch this tool, it is a helpful application that can assist you in getting your work done a lot faster. http://www.photokaboom.com/photography/learn/Photoshop_Elements/troubleshooting/1_delete_preferences... https://helpx.adobe.com/prelude/using/prelude-set-preferences.html, http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/premiere/pro/troubleshooter/trash-preferences.html. Photoshop: Hand Tool not moving the image around when zoomed in i have a laptop , when i zoom a pic and want to move and drag with spacebar and holding left click , does,t work , the hand tool moving but not draging , the pic Are you using 1Password and/or the 1Password browser extension? However, there are a few situations where Photoshop can deliver a result that is stronger or faster than what I can do in Lightroom. This issue persists across both the 32 & 64 bit versions of Photoshop. If you are using a Mac, and have a Wacom tablet, then you should probably rule out the White Window fix. Illustrator CS6 Spacebar stops working seemingly randomly. Deselect. What’s gone wrong? Are you saying that the hand tool space bar shortcut has stopped working for all the Adobe apps you mentioned, or just Photoshop? For some reason in Photoshop, preference … Okay, I quit all browsers and the issue disappeared, proper cursor/spacebar behavior returned. But then… something is wrong. My shortcuts all stopped working, and after some exploration, the fix was simple as quitting out of SAFARI and Photoshop CC, then opening them up again. Photoshop loading problem and paint bucket tool not responding. I got creative cloud with Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign etc. One of them is the Hand tool. I quit completely the 1Password app in the tray and the hand tool short cut worked again! I found that a program called "TouchFreeze" caused the problem. How do I resolve this? Enjoy working on all adobe software. However, when I am using Photoshop or Lightroom the TouchFreeze utility blocks the trackpad (or pen on a tablet) from functioning as long as the space bar is pressed. The only active extension I have is Video Download Helper, http://www.downloadhelper.net/. FORWARD WARP TOOL is not working TWIRL tool also not working Any tool I choose, I still have the hand showing that will move image around... but I can't get the hand to change into any tool… It's possible. There is no setting in my device manager to turn off the delay, like all these links show. Photoshop 15.0 OS X 10.10 Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. This would normally prevent the trackpad from interfering with keyboarding. I have used photoshop for several years and all of a sudden the Clone tool is not working normally. Unfortunately, this doesn't work for me. uninstalled photoshop and reinstalled still not working, who can help me? All I have to do is press SPCBR, then just tap on the Fn key and it begins to work. It's very frustrating. I've tried closing all other applications, as well as restarting Photoshop. Sometimes the simplest things can create the biggest headaches, and so it is with the Brush tool in Photoshop. If I have just helped you leave a comment and say thanx! When spacebar is pressed, cursor changes appearance to hand tool, but it is not working. I have restarted comp several times and reinstalled XD using Adobe Creative Cloud. It is very annoying, I got windows and this is only for cc 2013, I've got cc 2016. If you are using Webroot, make sure "Pause Secure Keyboard Entry" is Checked. 100% hardness I move it over a part of the image I want to Clone and click Alt to select Restarted Photoshop, deleted the settings file, and no improvement. /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/10709729#M274288, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/10735539#M277945, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/10894833#M302647, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/11118908#M329720, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/11118909#M329721, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/11565839#M481133, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295095#M50600, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295096#M50601, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295097#M50602, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295098#M50603, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295146#M50651, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/10894838#M302649, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295117#M50622, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295123#M50628, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/10976854#M313967. I deleted it for photoshop but didn't work.. acrobat: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1595848?start=0&tstart=0, adobe media encoder: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1713540, after effects: http://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/preferences.html, audition: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1079494, bridge: https://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/kb/troubleshoot-errors-freezes-bridge-windows.html, dreamweaver: https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver-cs6-cc.html, flash: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash/kb/re-create-preferences-flash-professional.html, illustrator: http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/setting-preferences.html, incopy: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990, indesign: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990, lightroom: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/help/setting-preferences-lightroom.html, muse (mac): https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1246022?tstart=0, photoshop: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776. - allows you to move a newly placed anchor point with Pen tool - helps in more precise placement. When I'm working in Photoshop (CS5 currently, have had it with previous versions as well), when I've zoomed in on the file and have the hand tool selected, Photoshop sometimes zooms out as I drag with the hand tool. Thanks. Simple: press the spacebar! I downloaded the plugin, but the handtool shortcut still does not work with my wacom tablet. Thanks a lot BarbBinder. No longer works with any version of PS or ACR. Do not press win key + space bar (which is for changing keyboard language settings). It zooms to 'fit screen' size, and zooms back in when i release the mouse button. The problem with the spacebar not working only occurs on my laptop that has a trackpad but not my PC that does not. Adobe Photoshop features a large variety of tools that you can use while working with images or creating your own graphics from scratch. For a summary of features introduced in Photoshop, see the New features summary. Fn + Spacebar and what function key? I feel sure it would be a problem in the previous version too, but generally Xd is only available in the current version. The [spacebar]-mouse drag pan works again after quitting Safari and restarting it. Photoshop provides two selection tools viz Path Selection and Direct Selection Tool. Photoshop stuck on hand tool cursor. The last fix is the most extreme, but it does work about 90% of the time. 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I've just updated my 1Password and then I got all the funny CS anomalies, like the hand/zoom problems. So for anyone who is still having this issue, I suggest taking a look at what processes your machine is running and shutting them down to see what might be causing the keyboard shortcut glitches in Creative Suite apps. Win 10 XD 0.6.28.10 version - 9181902 Restarted Safari, problem has not re-ocurred. I have this problem occasionally, it goes away if I turn off my Webroot anti virus. ZUBA STUDIO's solution solved the problem immediately. In one case someone quit the CC app, and that fixed it too. I have no anti-virus software, so that wasn't it for me. We have certainly had posts where systems only had one or two of the symptoms associated with the issue, and the White Window plug-in fixed it. Hope these videos would able you to develop your ICT knowledge. found the fix is to use WIN key in addition to holding Spacebar. Only way to use it would be switching the tool to it by click it or using it's shortcut key, H. I tried this too and it didn't work for me. I'm on a 2013 Mac Pro, OS X 10.11.2, Photoshop 17.0.0 (CC 2015.5), and this problem popped up out of thin air. https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1595848?start=0&tstart=0, http://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/preferences.html, https://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/kb/troubleshoot-errors-freezes-bridge-windows.html, https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver-cs6-cc.html, http://helpx.adobe.com/flash/kb/re-create-preferences-flash-professional.html, http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/setting-preferences.html, https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/help/setting-preferences-lightroom.html, https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1246022?tstart=0, https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/preference-file-locations-photoshop-elements.html. 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Ive been using photoshop since version 3 point something, about 20 years and the spacebar has always been there to move the image around within the window, AKA "The Hand Tool". Simply […] You do have the marquee tool active, and are showing a hand cursor -- but it is not one of Photoshop's cursors. But my hand tool shortcut with the spacebar isn't working, the hand does appear but when I try to move it gives no reaction. Home / General Software / Adobe Creative Suite / Photoshop / Pan/Scroll Spacebar shortcut not working in Photoshop. Thanks for posting that solution. Illustrator and Photoshop both, the space bar does nothing, though the cursor behaves normally otherwise. (But my interface is back to defaults, so deleting the prefs did do something! If not, how can I roll back to the previous version XD? The brush isn’t painting at all, or it’s painting in a way you aren’t expecting? This did not work for me. /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/td-p/8295082, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295083#M50588, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295084#M50589, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295085#M50590, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295088#M50593, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295125#M50630, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/10894828#M302646, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295086#M50591, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295089#M50594, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295135#M50640, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295136#M50641, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/11682984#M495021, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/8295141#M50646, /t5/photoshop/hand-tool-spacebar-isn-t-working/m-p/10765653#M286457, spacebar hand tool works again! Hope that someone got the answer for me this is pretty annoying I use the hand tool a lot. For some bizarre reason, no matter what tool I select in the tool bar the only icon that will show up on the canvas is the hand tool, I can't change it and consequently I can't do anything but move the image around. Does anyone have a solution? Are you saying that the hand tool space bar shortcut has stopped working for all the Adobe apps you mentioned, or just Photoshop? Once I closed TouchFreeze, the problem resolved. Fn+SPACEBAR- allows you to move the zoomed canvas. Perhaps a different extension causing the same problem then? I haven't bothered to look into that. The Photoshop CS6 Hand tool helps you to move around in an image document quickly and works similarly to a scroll bar, enabling you to do your work more quickly. I am using Photoshop CC 2018. Closing it resolved the issue. There wasn`t any problem with the hand tool. If a tool in Photoshop isn't working properly (for example, the crop tool crops a tiny little gray square, or painting with a brush paints the wrong color or nothing at all), try resetting the tool settings: Reset Tool in current version of Photoshop Legacy versions (CS6 and earlier) Photoshop not responding stuck and freeze problem solved. Further Update with Spacebar/Hand tool issue on a laptop: I have the same problem as MaritvanHelden. Check the Layers and Channels panels. Now you want to move the path. WTH?! This was driving me crazy, I quit safari and now it works. When using Adobe Photoshop, holding down spacebar doesn’t toggle the hand tool to pan and scroll canvas. I am on an unlocked layer I select the clone tool I adjust it to the size and hardness I want. Webroot Antivirus was my issue. Thanks, you saved my day! Drove me mad. I can click and choose the hand tool and it works. the touchpad delay, doesn't really show up on my system. I didn't delete any preferences or even reboot. The screenshot shows Photoshop CS4 or CS5, and the hand cursor in Photoshop has the fingers spread out more, not all going straight up. Also, are you holding down the spacebar? Does it fail to work if you try the Tutorial document? Me too... and i also can't use all of tool after update. Safari and Firefox had both been open at the time, though that's certainly been the case before and never resulted in any conflict like this. While pressing the space bar, I can actually see the tool change from a hand to a magnifying glass as soon as I bring my pen close to my tablet surfice. Firefox 48.0.1, and those are the only two extensions installed. The issue has never recurred for me. I haven't changed any of the keyboard shortcuts, but suddenly my space bar no longer accesses the pan tool. I've got an Elan touchpad, that has a control for this - to a degree, but after turning the sensitivity down all the away, it still didn't fix the issue. This will really help our customers to fix the issue. - 9443562 I solved by changing the sensitivity of the touchpad from "media" to "max". Quit the app, Photoshop hand tool spacebar activation returned. Others say it is Chrome/Firefox/Safari. TouchFreeze prevents the trackpad from working as long as I am pressing a key. I closed 1Password app and spacebar hand tool works again! It doesn`t work in the Tutorial document. Space bar no longer access hand tool. I have cancelled settings, deleted preferences, restarted computer... yet LIQUIFY tool is not working. If you are using a Mac, and have a Wacom tablet, then you should probably rule out the White Window fix. I was in Photoshop (64), and noticed that when I held down the spacebar to pan the open image, the hand icon would show but the tool will not work. In some cases there was a conflict with a browser extension, or with Spotify. Thanks Chuck for the suggestion. Right-click on the tool icon at the left end of the Options bar and select Reset Tool. Photoshop is not always the most user friendly of programs. Note: (macOS-only) If the Hand tool gets stuck when you're using the Liquify filter, Save for Web, or the Camera Raw plug-in, see this tech note for a solution. I can't believe that this is almost 2 years since you made this post and it still holds true. Simple solution for all apps SPACEBAR + Fn (FUNCTION KEY ) and double click on canvas.... You just need to add one more key that is Fn key and your issue will resolve. Well i encountered the same problem, but with safari, no extensions installed. Hopefully, this will help MaritvanHelden narrow the down the problem. Unless you’re trying to work within an active selection, press Command+D (Mac) or Ctrl+D (Windows) to deselect. Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Same thing happened a few months back but can't remember if I fixed it the same way. Quitting browsers did not work for me. I did this, nothing. What is a paint bucket tool in photoshop? First press the spacebar and then Fn key..... Ugh thank you! I don't even use Safari. My gut feeling is that it is not your issue, but it doesn't hurt to cross it off the list. Weird, indeed... Can confirm! I had tried everything but this is the best solution. It didn`t help. When Photoshop tools don’t work. Now when I hold the spacebar I can move the image around. This is the only solution that worked for me... From Goldfinger! After seeing this I tried quitting bitwarden. No matter how many times I click and drag, the image stays still. I have subsequently uninstalled the utility and everything works fine in Adobe. An active selection elsewhere may be restricting your work. This is what I see: Tried quitting the browser, but that didn't do anything. The Hand tool is more of a function than an actual tool because you rarely need to click the Hand tool to use it. Not having it in ACR is a killer, as there are no scroll bars, so if you're working zoomed in with say the adjustment brush tool, you can't switch to the hand tool, reposition the display and keep working with the adjustment brush tool, without clicking on the starting anchor point first. The same thing just happened to me today, first time. This issue persists across both the 32 & 64 bit versions of Photoshop. We have certainly had posts where systems only had one or two of the symptoms associated with the issue, and the White Window plug-in fixed it. Should I reset preferences? You can’t change it to the wand or brush it just shows the hand! Why paint bucket tool not working in photoshop? If I select the MANUALLY select the hand tool it works, but the spacebar shortcut key is non-functional. Removed the extension from Safari and everything is kosher again. Ugggh.). See if the spacebar works when you have no browsers open. Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Generally, the Hand tool is viewed more as a function than an actual tool. Solved: I reset the preference did control/alt/cmd and shift keys while i opened illustrator and it still doesn't work. It was definitely related to browser use for me, because quitting browsers solved the problem the one time it happened. The problem hasn't recurred, and I currently have Photoshop and Firefox running simultaneously. All rights reserved. Spacebar + Win Key is for changing keyboard language profiles. MaritvanHelden and ssamanen, can you take a look at your own systems and see if this solution might possibly help you with yours? Appreciate your answer for the keyboard shortcut to use the Hand tool, Simran. Suppose, you have created a path with Pen tool or any other path creating tool. Mar 27, 2012. While using the Liquify filter (Filter > Liquify), Save For Web, or the Camera Raw plug-in in Photoshop on macOS, you are not able to select any other tool apart from the Hand tool.For example, if you try to select the Zoom tool in the Liquify window, Photoshop still displays the Hand tool. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. What kind of weird voodoo is that? You might think, grab the tool, set the color, shape and brush size, and paint away. photoshop elements: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/preference-file-locations-photoshop-elements.html, http://www.photokaboom.com/photography/learn/Photoshop_Elements/troubleshooting/1_delete_preferences... prelude: https://helpx.adobe.com/prelude/using/prelude-set-preferences.html, premiere elements: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/preference-file-locations-photoshop-elements.html, premiere pro: http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/premiere/pro/troubleshooter/trash-preferences.html. I have tried that version under Windows 10, and it seems to work ok. This worked for me. I'm a Lightroom girl. I was going nuts till I found this thread and indeed I had my 1 password app open. [Windows] Panning with the space bar does not work on certain hardware (#G14776) – Adobe XD Feedback... XD is crashing with white screen on Windows, How to add depth to repeat grids using 3D transforms, Current limitation with 3D transforms in XD 34, Create carousel using 3D transforms and scroll groups. for which problem did you reset pref and were you successful? Poof, everything worked. These tools offer different tasks. spacebar with hand tool shortcut not working it was like this for a whle and this morning i just updated my photoshop to latest version and it is still the same, i closed all browsers and lastpass still not working. This issue suddenly occurred with Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign. The Hand tool appeared but just froze when activated using SPCBR. I was in Photoshop (64), and noticed that when I held down the spacebar to pan the open image, the hand icon would show but the tool will not work. It's about Illustrator, and some of the users are on Mac, but several are on Windows. So weird. I also had both Safari & Chrome open. This does not work for me. Here’s a list of 10 annoying problems you might have with Photoshop, and simple solutions to fix them. CTRL+SPACEBAR - allows you to move a shape or a marquee selection while creating it - helps in more precise placement. This issue is known to be caused by recent drivers for Wacom tablets. I was having this issue for about a week and discovered today that the culprit was an antivirus software running in the background. I deleted the prefs for Photoshop, and no change. And then if that does not work, and it continues to act possessed, then it may be time to “delete the preferences.”. Solved: When spacebar is pressed, cursor changes appearance to hand tool, but it is not working. No matter how many times I click and drag, the image stays still. I have CS6 Suite on Asus laptop w WIN10 and got this same problem in Illustrator. Copyright © 2020 Adobe. So it looks like it could either be an browser extension that causes this issue or anti-virus software. I can only get it working by manually clicking and switching to the hand tool then back to whichever I was using. Copyright © 2020 Adobe. Success! I have already reinstalled everything, reset all my tools and reset my warning dialogs. At least I know how to sort it now. Fix 1 – Simplest Fix, Open Adobe Photoshop… But it worked fine when activated using H or the toolbar icon. Photoshop :: Hand Tool Not Working Properly? Simply quitting Safari brought the functionality back and now all apps are playing nice again. Wasn't doing this two days ago. I had run Chrome earlier in the day to use Messenger's video chat features, so maybe there was a conflict hiding in the background but I'm working great again, thank you! So, you're getting a … What are the minimum requirements for photoshop? Sometimes it has frustrating issues, and the solution is not always clear. Menus, shortcuts, Lasso tool, or Photoshop stop working when using a Wacom tablet | Mac OS. Photoshop: Hand tool not working on my system. Just pressing and releasing won't let you pan the document. So somehow it was a one-time issue for me. I don't know why it changes to the magnifying glass, but it does. With my drawing tablet the shortcut also did work, until this morning. If I select the MANUALLY select the hand tool it works, but the spacebar shortcut key is non-functional. Shutting it down solved this. Press space bar + win key and it works fine. but using the space bar, no go.it shows the hand tool so is obviously active but the space bar short cut does nothing. It WAS the 1Password app for me. Thanks, I have the 1Password app instaled but no browser extensions. This is a list of various fixes to stop Adobe Photoshop from permanently staying on the Hand Tool. All rights reserved. Looked through a lot of the suggestions to fix, and haven't come across anything that works. Hand tool (using spacebar) not working at all When I try to pan by holding spacebar, nothing happens. Very strange problem. It stopped working. Problem. I did have Acrobat Create PDF as an extension, but it has been disabled by Firefox, which says it could not be verified. Reset the tool. Here is a quick post and hopefully this will help you when your stuck with this same problem. Restarting the browsers and re-launching Photoshop did not bring back the issue, so everything appears to be working fine. Has your mouse cursor ever got stuck on the hand tool? Cause. I have listed seven fixes, ranging from the easiest to do, to more in depth. WIN key in addition to holding Spacebar. Had the same problem in PS. There are other threads where 1Password was found to be the culprit. If you cannot diagnose and fix the specific issue, chances are good Adobe will have you restart Photoshop. 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