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Photoshop Long Press Menu Setting Fix
7 years ago
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For the longest time I've had an issue when trying to draw in Photoshop where I'd try to draw a line and a circular menu would pop up, or I'd try to alt-tap and grab a color and nothing would happen, or I'd just get some really minor instances of lag. I FINALLY FOUND THE FIX!
You have to disable "press and hold" on the pen settings. Seems simple, right? Except there's two different settings to actually disable this. I'm sharing this info because I know other people have dealt with this issue, and so I can leave a reminder to myself if I ever forget.
Disable the Photoshop "long press" drawing problem in Win 10:
1) Open Control Panel > Pen & Windows Ink > set "Press and Hold" to "Do Nothing". Easy enough, and you'd think that would be the setting to fix it, but no...
2) Open Control Panel > Ease of Access Center > Make Touch & Tablets Easier to Use > Click the "Make Touch Easier to Use" link on the bottom of the window (because, for some reason, you need to open two different menus named "make touch easier") > Double-click "Press and Hold" > Disable "Enable press and hold for right-clicking".
This setting may make tablet-only devices a bit harder to use... but if you're drawing it makes a huge different in Photoshop and removes the source of a lot of lag every time that menu tries to open. Pen input for small strokes or taps should be dramatically more expedient.
You have to disable "press and hold" on the pen settings. Seems simple, right? Except there's two different settings to actually disable this. I'm sharing this info because I know other people have dealt with this issue, and so I can leave a reminder to myself if I ever forget.
Disable the Photoshop "long press" drawing problem in Win 10:
1) Open Control Panel > Pen & Windows Ink > set "Press and Hold" to "Do Nothing". Easy enough, and you'd think that would be the setting to fix it, but no...
2) Open Control Panel > Ease of Access Center > Make Touch & Tablets Easier to Use > Click the "Make Touch Easier to Use" link on the bottom of the window (because, for some reason, you need to open two different menus named "make touch easier") > Double-click "Press and Hold" > Disable "Enable press and hold for right-clicking".
This setting may make tablet-only devices a bit harder to use... but if you're drawing it makes a huge different in Photoshop and removes the source of a lot of lag every time that menu tries to open. Pen input for small strokes or taps should be dramatically more expedient.
abcde
~abcde
Hitting things can fix it too.
Varinki
~varinki
That is useful to know.
Echoen
~echoen
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Batterfang
~pannekoeke
That issue popped up in the latest Windows update if I'm not mistaken--the one from the 22nd of last month. Funny enough they said they 'fixed' those issues with that. Just ended up makin' more.
Dragoneer
OP
It's been happening to me for a while, to the point it made me loathe wanting to even use Photoshop as an art tool.
Batterfang
~pannekoeke
Sheesh. Guess I may as well call myself lucky it only started on the last update. I just rolled back and disabled WindowsUpdateSvc. until a new 'fix' hopefully comes around. GUESS WE'LL SEE. :^]
