Brush size bug?

For the last three versions of Photoshop the shortcut keys [ ] for brush size stops working. Why is this not fixed??? The other shortcut that shows brush size in red just sucks.

I have had the same problem since, at least, CS 5.0. ( did not upgrade to 5.5, but went directly to CS6). The problem is not specific to Wacom tablets. It can occur with both wireless and wired mice and, for me, has ocurred under both Win 7/64 and win 8/64. Don't remember whether this was an issue with Vista, but I doubt that it is os-specific. If it is an os issue, this would still be something for Adobe to resolve with the os vendor. It is reasonable to expect CS5 and CS6 to work with Win 7 and it is reasonable to expect Photoshop CS6 to also work with Win 8. The problem doesn't happen all the time. In fact, it is unpredictible. The workaround for me is to click at the top and change the brush size by dragging. After that, the bracket keys work again, at least, until they don't. I am not a Comcast subscriber and do not use Constant Guard or Norton.
I don't consider myself to be among the busiest users of Photoshop and believe that, if I have encountered the problem, then it is very likely that at least one other person has brought it to Adobe's attention.
Steve

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No need.
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Message Edited by mikey on 10-23-2008 03:20 AM

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Message Edited by mikey on 11-24-2008 07:57 AM

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> Is there anyway in javascript to detect the pixel size of the current brush?
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