Space bar shortcuts

In Illustrator you can use the space bar to change the selection tool temporarily to the hand tool or combine with Command to get the zoom tool. For some reason, it stops working sometimes and then out of the blue starts working again. I am assuming it's some strange key command that I am hitting that changes it but can't figure it out. Any thoughts?

You are using a Macintosh. Command-Space is the OS default shortcut to open the Spotlight Search field at the top right of the screen. Change this in System Preferences.

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  • [IDCS4] Space bar shortcut for hand doesn't work

    I am experiencing following problem:
    I have written a startup script that shows a floating panel (it is a window that uses 'palette' as a type description). I also added menu item and listeners to show/hide it (in menu window). Inside the panel there is a flex application that communicates with InDesign via ExternalInterface (no PatchPanel). Whenever I start InDesign with this script as startup script  suddenly spacebar stops working as a shrotcut that temporarily changes  used tool to Hand Tool. Even closing InDesign and removing startup script and restarting InDesgin doesn't help, I need to logout and login again to make spacebar work. I am experiencing this issue on MacOSX 10.4 on Intel Mac, InDesign 6.0.5 and script is written in ExtendScript.
    I also found that running the startup script from scripts panel seems to  solve the problem, but this is rather undesired, since the panel should  be available from InDesign startup...
    Has anybody of you experienced the same behaviour? Maybe there is some sort of programatic fix? It drives me mad, because I am used to spacebar as a temporary hand. Of course if there is no other fix, I'll need to find some sort of hack that performs initialization after startup, but this is rather undesired
    Thanks in advance for your help and expertise

    After some investigation I can tell that aforementioned bahaviour is most probably caused by opening the INDD file by using AIR API (file.openWithDefaultApplication()). When file is opened by user this behaviour is not observed, but when INDD is opened from AIR application, it results with disabling spacebar shortcut. What is even more strange, the shortcut is disabled not only in InDesign, but also in Illustrator. Photoshop works fine...
    Geez, Adobe, you're giving me so much headache...
    Corrected typos
    Message was edited by: Maciej Przepióra

  • How do I set the shortcut to space bar for the hand tool in illustrator cc?

    How do I set the shortcut to space bar for the hand tool in illustrator cc?

    Thanks Larry, Mavericks OS. I managed to fix it by quitting Illustrator and reopening it. I have no idea why there was a problem in the first place, it just stopped working with the space bar shortcut and replaced it with a random alphabet.

  • HT1343 "Option-Space bar" is missing and I can't get rid of it, unfortunately!

    One shortcut seams to be missing in my case.
    "Option-Space bar"
    which I can't find in any settings. I just want to get rid of it. In my case, it opens a kind of Spotlight window where the usual Spotlight Window is, but it's grey instead of blue. I've a fresh installed Mountain Lion roaring.
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    Best,
    Manuel

    That is correct, but got that mutch to do with what I'm talking about. In System Preferences -> Spotlight are two key combinations set
    1. "Command-Space bar" and
    2. "Command-Option-Space bar"
    I'm perfectly happy with these. I simply can't find the place where "Option-Space bar" shortcut is configured. This shortcut seams to be global and calls a similiar "search field" as "Command-Space bar" does, besides it's grey instead of blue. As all global shortcuts are, this one should be configured in System Preferences -> Keyboard (Keyboard Shortcuts), but it ISN'T. Is there any other place where shortcuts can be configured, or ist there a software which collects ALL Keyboard Shortcuts used, global and application specific ones?

  • How can I make double clicking the space bar to make a period less sensitive

    Hi! When I double click the space bar, it makes a period, which I love. What drives me crazy is that it thinks I'm double clicking the space bar quite frequently, so it'll insert a period in the middle of the sentence. How can I make my space bar less sensitive? I know that I can turn off the period shortcut, but I would prefer to leave it on, just with a less sensitive keyboard setting. Help!

    It sounds like the space key is getting worn out. You may need to get the device exchanged under warranty if it's less than a year old.
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  • A dot appears where a space bar is expected in word

    hi,everyone
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    Settings>General>Keyboard>"." Shortcut>Off

  • Page Up and Down with space bar

    After I installed Safari 3.0.5, when I press the space bar typing this post, the web page goes down. I want to know if somebody else get the same problem, and how do I prevent that? or maybe is a new bug.
    With Safari 3.0.4 this keyboard shortcut works ok. (page up and down) but not when typing.
    Thanks,

    I have the same problem. Everytime i hit the spacebar in this text box, the browser tries to scroll down and looks like flashing.
    Is there any fix for this? It happens in every web page with text box (including the google search box).
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  • Space bar not working to move the document

    I am having issues with shift-constrain resizing not working, and option-drag duplication not working, also using the space bar to move the document around the viewport. OSX 10.10, InDesign CC. I reset the preferences, restarted which failed to solve the problem, anyone knows how to make it work? Thanks!

    Hi
    I'd just like to add, since updating a couple of Mac Pro clients, running Mavericks 10.9.2 and Photoshop CC with the latest 6.3.8-2 Wacom Driver, early signs are that users have noted an improvement in performance of Photoshop CC.
    Its quite early days yet, however shortcuts that had been slow to respond and we have had multiple app crashes in Photoshop CC when using multi-layed 16-Bit Tiffs, seem to be ironed out.
    Also we have had to use the whitewindow plugin for photoshop too.
    Sorry to crash in on an InDesign thread regarding Photoshop CC issues, however I have seen a lot of common ground for many folks issues with Adobe software being they are using a Wacom device of some sort.
    Would be good to know if others have noted any improvements with this driver?

  • Space bar won't change into hand tool while pressing

    Today, I was suprprise to find out the space bar in my computer white trying to move my image to centain section.
    It is a very very handy and timesaving shortcut. does anyone know anyrhing or have the same issue, using Illustrator CC/16?
    For instance I came to think is my keyboard but I checked with older software and it's working file.
    I appreciate any imput.

    Spacebar as hand tool is restored!! I think Dave was right about something interfering with it. The only thing that i changed on my system before this happened was that I unlocked my login in keychain access. Once I went back to keychain access and locked login again, did a restart and opened photoshop, the spacebar as hand tool was restored! So if anyone else has this problem, think back to what you did last on your system and revert to how it originally was. Hope this helps somebody out there

  • Space bar toggle

    For the second time in 2 months my space bar no longer will toggle between grid view, loupe view and zoom. The last time this happened, a number of other problems followed and it was suggested I trash the Preferences file and all would be well. It worked, though my reconnections were a trial. Since I saved a Prefs file from a week or so ago, I could do this without much trouble, but before I did, I was wondering if there is some shortcut key that turns this function on and off that I have pressed by mistake? As I have done more times than I would like to admit to, I starting typing into the "city" metadata field which de-selected and I kept typing with the usual shortcut problems to correct (depending on the letters I was  typing - a problem I'll place in the Beta 3.2 forum after I check and find out if it was changed).  iMac 24 3.06ghz,  core 2 , Snow Leopard, LR 2.6 ---

    This is from the CS4 Help file, so it hasn't changed:
    To reposition a rectangle or elliptical marquee, first drag to create the selection border, keeping the mouse button depressed. Then hold down the spacebar and continue to drag. Release the spacebar, but keep the mouse button depressed, if you need to continue adjusting the selection border.
    Your Photoshop preferences may be corrupted. Try trashing them.
    http://www.adobe.com/go/kb405012

  • In PS CC the space bar deletes layers

    I am using PS CC 14.1.2x64 with Windows 7. Whenever I have more than one layer and try to use the space bar to activate the hand tool, it deletes all the layers above background instead.

    This really sounds like something is rotten with the Keyboard shortcuts! Are you absolutely certain you checked Edit/Keyboard Shortcuts? Have you tried selecting the "Photoshop Defaults" set?

  • What can I do to use the space bar as Hand Tool?

    I'm using Photoshop CC and I could not use this tool pressing the space bar. Did this function change on CC version?
    Thank you

    Sometime it can be other applications grabbing the space bar, especially if you use Google Chrome browser which has been known to cause conflicts. See solution #2 on this link:
    http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-stop-photoshop-mac.html

  • Suddenly my space bar is no longer giving me the hand tool to move around on my artwork window.  How do I reset this?

    Suddenly my space bar is no longer giving me the hand tool to move around on my artwork window.  How do I reset this?

    Thanks for getting back. I know my answers seem too obvious at times, but never leave out the simple ones just in case.
    So lets look at two things: Keyboard Shortcuts and System Preferences.
    Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts opens a dialog box. Press your Option key, and the Cancel button turns into a Reset button to get shortcuts back to defaults. Clicking on Reset may fix it.
    The second is Preference resets. Hold down cmd-opt-shift and start Photoshop. It will ask if you wish to delete the settings file. Answering "Yes" many times clears up the problem.
    Gene

  • Space bar hand tool not working

    I have just got a Laptop with windows 8, and put my Photoshop CS5 on, so far eveything works appart from the space bar hand tool, which I use a lot.
    Its not working in RAW either.
    Thanks
    Nathan

    Hello Cozmic photos!
    I was also having this problem but I have found the soloution! It took me a very long time to figure it out but I finally have. I also have windows 8 and I have updated to windows 8.1 . As soon as I did that update I had to "re-install" my touchpad synaptics driver... I thought little of this. It just hit me aobut a week ago why the spacebar hand tool shortcut wasn't working. I have a Acer laptop, 64Bit, 8GB RAM, 750GB HDD, and running Windows 8.1. 
    So, the that the spacebar is not working IS because the driver that is installed for your touchpad or trakpad is disabling some features for use of the spacebar and your finger movemnet on the trackpad at the same time. Sadly, there is no way to fix this problem YET. But, if you use a mouse or a graphics tablet you will be able to get this feature back!
    I hope you understand the problem now. The only way to ix this is by notifying Synaptics about this issue and the next updated driver will have this issue fixed!
    Have a good day!
    TheInspiredEye

  • Lion dialog boxes don't have outlined button selectable by space bar

    After installing Lion, the dialog boxes (e.g. when sending mail or saving file) show one box highlighted in blue as expected, but I cannot tab or move to the other buttons, and no button has the outline indicating it is selectable with a space bar (and, indeed, the space bar has no effect).
    This is only happening on one of the computers I upgraded to Lion; the others are working fine. Any ideas?

    As Gilda would have said, "Never mind..."
    Notwithstanding 30 minutes of fruitless forum searching, once I posted the problem, a suggestion in the "More Like This" box to the right led me right to the following:
    There's a setting in System Preferences (under Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts tab) for Full Keyboard Access. If you select "All Controls" it will let you tab between buttons and any other controls (checkboxes, radio buttons, etc.) in the window. You can also press Ctrl-F7 as it says on the bottom there. Maybe you hit this key combo by accident??
    Bingo

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