Hi wendyfern,

Please try to reset the preferences of Photoshop CC.

Mostly the corrupt preferences cause unexpected behavior.

Please refer following forum thread on "How to reset the preferences of Photoshop"

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776

Please let me know if still faicng the issue.

Regards,

Sumit Singh

Also, what OS version?

What does the crash report say?

Wendy is it all shortcuts or a few specifics?  Do you have other apps running that might steal shortcuts away, like screen grabbers etc.?  I have come across references for Wacom drivers causing the same problem for some shortcuts.  If you have a Wacom tablet, make sure you have the latest driver.  They go through more drivers than a taxi firm that doesn't pay it's employees.

OK, other users don't seem to be seeing that behavior.

So we need to look at what on your system is different from other users': third party plugins, utilities, other applications, drivers for hardware (tablets, special keyboards, etc.), disk problems, etc.

What is the keyboard shortcut for hide selection in photoshop CC

n PS CS6 you could hide a selection with command h.

In PS CC that no longer works. What is the new kwrboard equivelant.

That hasn't changed:  it's still command H, unless you change command H to hide the application.

I'm also having an issue where my Photoshop keyboard shortcuts aren't working properly (i.e. hitting "b" for brush, "z" for magnifying glass tool, etc) the command shortcuts such as Command+S for save, or Command+H for hide work fine. I'm running the most up-to-date version of Photoshop CC on MAC OSX 10.9 Mavericks. Any assistance is appreciated.

Thank you,

Lauren

I have the same problem but it appeared just after I updated OSX to Mavericks, I solve this by switching app, sometimes I have to do more than one time to make work the shortcuts again.

Rável wrote:

 

I have the same problem but it appeared just after I updated OSX to Mavericks, I solve this by switching app, sometimes I have to do more than one time to make work the shortcuts again.

There have been reports of keyboard shortcuts, and Workspace problems with Mavericks.  I am a PC user so have no idea if the fixes work

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1237273

Other users are definitely experiencing this. 

When selecting text with a missing font, and choosing not to replace it, keyboard shortcuts stop working until you reopen the PSD.

Please advise.

Mac OSX 10.9

PS CC

I am also having this problen since the update to Photoshop CC 14.2. The 14.2.1 update did not fix this and the problem was not there before 14.2.

My problem is when a file is first opened, the key short cuts do not work. You need to physically click on the selection tool before any of the key shortcuts work. After clicking on the sleection tool I can then use all the key shortcuts as normal. This behaviour is repeated every time a new file is opened. Photoshop does not crash.

I am on a Mac, OSX 10.8.5

I am also using a Wacom Intuos 5 with the latest driver 6.3.7-3.

FYI, I have seen significant slow down across the Adobe CC apps since a big Creative Cloud update a few weeks ago that introduced Photoshop CC 14.2 and InDesign 9.2 (which continues to be MUCH slower than CS6).

The problems and slow down are NOT repeated on other identical Macs in our studio that do not have Wacom tablets. I believe the finger can be squarely pointed  at the Adobe/Wacom interface and both sides need to take a good look at their inter-workings.

Tom.

This also occurs when selecting a locked text layer with the text tool. Single-key keyboard shortcuts stop working until you either re-open the PSD, or select the text tool, click to create a new text layer, and then esc out of the new field.

OSX 10.9.2 Mavericks

MBP Retina, Mid 2012

Any chance for a fix?

I'm getting similar problems to many on here. Seems to have something to do with editing text my end. Photoshop works fine until I need to edit some text. Upon finishing the text amends, single key commands for switching tools no longer work. What I have noticed today is that if I subsequently click on a text layer to edit it, all of the single keys I've clicked suddenly appear in the copy.

I'm using OS X 10.8.5 on a 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7 iMac (late 2012 I think) and have no third party plug-ins.

I have the same problem....so is there no solution for this issue?

Yes I am also having the same issue.

For example if you are using the brush on a layer mask .... using X to switch back and forth between the foreground and background DOES NOT WORK unless you click out of the image frame and back in (or some other kind of strange workaround).

This is also present in MANY other areas.... shortcuts are simply not working as they used to...forcing us to go back to 2013

I am very surprised this is not noticed yet

Using clean install on MacPro OSX

I've been having the same problems, with the same shortcuts as you for a few months now, but they've gotten worse and worse lately.

windows 7, photoshop cc 14.2.1

I use a wacom and a peripheral keypad bound to all the shortcuts I use most often. I thought for a while I was just clumsily punching a keystroke that disabled or brought up alternate shortcuts, but after reading this thread I'm pretty sure it's more than that. It seems to be happening soon after selecting layer modes. Difficulty with the zoom tool seems to be the first problem, but then not long after all the other shortcuts start acting funny and/or not working at all; not just with the keypad either, my keyboard has the same problems.

Thanks to this thread, I found a solution for my troubles. All it takes is swapping active programs. Easy enough when you have a second monitor with a browser or lightroom or whatever open; just click over then back real quick. I mean, it sucks that you have to do that, but it's easy enough.

i too am having these troubles.   CC2014  intuos 3 wacom with upto date driver.    os 10.9.5    Zoom keys not working.      B for brush does nothing....   i have been using photoshop since day one  guys,  so that makes me older than most of the folks that work there....

this is a brand new  fancy mac pro for me......   top of the line...  all decked out..   my older machine is running os Lion 10.7.5.  same CC 2014 same wacom intuos 3 , same driver......    no problems..

so i think the bad guy is Mavericks......

i am really frustrated.  i just shelled out a ton of money for this fancy new mac pro....  suppose to speed up my photoshop work flow... i am a professional... time is money... and i am

clicking in and out of photoshop like i have a twitch.... trying to get my darn quick keys to work.....   at this rate my old mac pro is faster........   yikes........   someone has to fix this asap.....

can you confirm that the Layer Style drop-down seems to be the root of this?

a few times (less than 5), i had my left hand on the wrong home row, and accidentally pressed a bunch of nonsense resulting in space + mouse-drag bringing up a weird zoom window instead of just moving the canvas.

but for the most part it's unresponsive keyboard shortcuts that fix themselves once i click out of PS....

i still have the problem keyboard shortcuts stop working after 1/2 hour working, any suggestions.

I have the exact same crappy experience as you, @sdahdal. Using photoshop every day for work, but the problems started yesterday. after selecting a new layer I cannot switch tools via shortcuts (or rather, sometimes it works just fine, others not. Very inconsistent behaviour), UNTIL I click outside the layers panel onto the workspace. The file I was working on when this started had font issues where photoshop wanted me to replace a missing font, just like jonhenry.righter mentioned.

I'm experiencing the same thing. Shortcuts go randomly crazy. Can't use them for a while and need to play around with other opened apps until Photoshop works again... I killed Spotify, Chrome, and any other apps but nothing changed.

I'm also experiencing strange behaviors with text boxes...

OS X 10.8.5 / i7 / 8Go.

Hi to all! Just wanted to add my name to this list of people having problems with unresponsive keyboard commands when  trying to access the tool bar. I've gone so far as to erase my HD and clean install Yosemite and PS but with no positive result. Hope the engineers get to this soon! All the best!

I think I've found, that at least in my case, the problem has to do with the WACOM tablet. If I just use the mouse the problem does or has not yet returned. Check it out.

I too think the WACOM driver is at fault. We are having awful problems with the screen view skipping around in InDesign when using the Wacom, but connect a mouse and it doesn't happen...

I was given this link where you will find a plugin which will solve the problem but I am not able to post it here. In

Menus, shortcuts, Lasso tool, or Photoshop stop working when using a Wacom tablet | Mac OS

look for:

WhiteWindow.plugin

Of course it sucks.Where's the solution to the problem? Did anyone ever figure this out?????

The solution which worked for me in CS6, is to install the WhiteWindow.plugin

Do a Google search for WhiteWindow.plugin

Or follow this path:

Photoshop Help > Menus, shortcuts, Lasso tool, or Photoshop stop working when using a Wacom tablet | Mac OS

The way things are set up here, I am not allowed to post the link to the page. I installed it and it solved the problem.