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Help! Some of my Keyboard Shortcuts have stopped working.

Aug 2, 2012 2:09 PM

Tags: #keyboard #shorcuts

Hitting the spacebar no longer switches to the Hand Tool. And, Cmd-spacebar no longer brings up the Zoom Tool. This happened out of the blue. Do I need to re-install? Any suggestions would be helpful

 
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    Aug 2, 2012 2:16 PM   in reply to Will Sherwood

    FIrst, check to make sure you are using thecorrect shortcut set (Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts...). The next step would be to trash your prefs. See Replace Your Preferences

     
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    Aug 2, 2012 2:29 PM   in reply to Will Sherwood

    Any chance you're running Chrome or maybe Firefox? Some Firefox addons and Chrome will cause this.

     
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    Aug 2, 2012 3:15 PM   in reply to Will Sherwood

    If you're on a Macintosh, go to Keyboard preferences. See if the shortcuts for Spotlight are interfering. It uses Cmd + Space by default, unless you edit it.

     
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    Aug 2, 2012 3:30 PM   in reply to Will Sherwood

    Opt + spacebar should also work, even when the text tool is active...

     
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    Aug 2, 2012 3:30 PM   in reply to Will Sherwood

    I change my Spotlight shortcut to Ctrl + Space and have no problems. I've never had a problem with use the Space Bar to get the Hand tool.

     

    Try restoring your preferences first before you take the trouble to reinstall. Here's how:

     

     
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