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Fix: Keyboard Shortcuts are Not Working in Photoshop
Have you checked your Sticky Keys settings?
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Updated onJanuary 17, 2024
updated onJanuary 17, 2024
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Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard for digital design, loved and used by the online community daily. However, when keyboard shortcuts stutter or fail, it can significantly slow down any project or your overall productivity on Windows 11.
Whether you’re a seasoned designer or just dabbling in photo editing, these glitches can be more than just a minor inconvenience in both Photoshop and Photoshop CC.
How do I fix my keyboard shortcuts if they aren’t working in Photoshop?
1. Reset workspace settings
2. Disable Sticky Keys
3. Update Photoshop
4. Reset Photoshop preferences
Note: Resetting preferences means custom settings will be lost, so ensure you’ve saved or noted any custom configurations.
5. Check for software conflicts
You can troubleshoot and resolve mostkeyboard shortcut-related issuesin Photoshop by systematically working through the above solutions.Regular software updatesand occasional preference checks can preemptively combat such problems, ensuring a frictionless design experience.
If you want to know more about why shortcuts aren’t working in Photoshop, here are some common causes:
When keyboard shortcuts are not working in Windows 11 for different apps, it can heavily slow down your workflows, and Photoshop CC is not the only one with this problem. Users reportedthe same for Chrome,Microsoft Word, or evenMicrosoft Excel, but we’ve found fixes.
Many also complained thatCtrl + D shortcut it not working, but we addressed this issue in one of our recent guides.
Creative Cloud is one of the most complete sets of applications out there, and if you’re having issues with key shortcuts or custom shortcuts in any of its other apps, let us know in the comments section below.
More about the topics:Adobe Photoshop,Keyboard issues,Windows 11
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Coming from a solid background in PC building and software development, he’s a Windows 11 Privacy & Security expert.
