15 Replies Latest reply: Dec 23, 2011 7:39 AM by Stiksi RSS

    PS CS4 switches to previously used tool when any key is pressed

    Stiksi Community Member

      This is a very odd problem. Sometimes Photoshop switches to the previously used tool when I press a key, instead of executing the command tied to that key. For example, I might try to invoke Quick Mask by pressing Q, and PS instead switches to the Gradient tool because I have just used it. This happens also if I play an action.

       

      I have already reset Photoshop preferences and run complete diagnostics on my machine, including repairing permissions. I have plenty of free memory and disk space. GPU accelerated features are turned off on PS (very buggy on all my machines). The next logical step is a full reinstall but that is a usually big time waster and I would be very happy if I could avoid it.

       

      Has anyone has come across this behaviour before?

       

      System: OS 10.6.8, Adobe CS4 Design Premium, 2011 MBP 2.0GHz i7, 8GB RAM, 300GB Intel SSD, Cintiq 12WX