I'm confused.

[L0nely_Fl0wers]

I see all of these people on youtube doing tutorials on youtube for Adobe Photoshop CS6 where you have to press "Control + (key)".

But, whenever I press control it turns my mouse into a cursor with a box with lines on it, and i have no idea what to do.

If someone could please help me solve this, that would mean the world to me right now. Thank you!

[Derek Cross]

Are you trying to enlarge an image, if you are using a Mac, it's cmd + + to enlarge the image and cmd + - to reduce the size of the image.

[L0nely_Fl0wers]

The thing is, I'm on a Mac with a different type of keyboard (our other one broke) and it doesn't have cmd.

Thank you, though! I appreciate it.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Hi confused.

What operating system are you using?

What version of Photoshop?

Which tool do you have selected when you see this box cursor?

What are your cursor settings in Preferences?

[L0nely_Fl0wers]

I'm using an Apple Mac.

I use Adobe Photoshop CS6.

And, it's with every tool.

also, I have only "normal brush tip" selected.

[Nancy OShea]

Which tool or panel are you working with?

[L0nely_Fl0wers]

It's happening with every tool.

Again, I don't have cmd on my keyboard because its a different type of keyboard then my computer.

[Derek Cross]

If you're using a Mac and you have a none Mac keyboard without the Command (Apple) key I should think that would make it rather difficult to use!

[Per Berntsen]

Pressing the Control key on Windows temporarily changes whatever tool you're using to the Move tool, and the Windows Control key normally corresponds to the Command key on a Mac - although there are exceptions, where it corresponds to the Control key on a Mac.

So if you are getting the Move tool, this is perfectly normal. If you are about to press a shortcut, the changed tool doesn't prevent you from doing that. The Move tool looks like this:

Although I don't use a Mac, I do find it strange that there are Mac keyboards that don't have a Command key.

[L0nely_Fl0wers]

Well, i'm not using a mac keyboard. It's a Dell keyboard.

But that cursor isnt the same cursor im talking about. it looks like this:

(Sorry i couldn't get an exact picture of it, but this is what it looks like.)

The move tool does look like that on my photoshop, but this isn't it.

[L0nely_Fl0wers]

Alright. I solved the problem, guys. Thank you all for helping! I appreciate it!

[Trevor.Dennis]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/l0nely+fl0wers  wrote

Alright. I solved the problem, guys. Thank you all for helping! I appreciate it!

What was the problem?  Telling us will help other people with the same problem.

[L0nely_Fl0wers]

I was pressing the wrong button. Since I have a Dell keyboard with a Mac computer, it was the windows button on my keyboard, not Ctrl.