This one gets more people because it’s a feature that acts like a bug. Has this ever happened to you? You’re working in Photoshop, you’re using the Brush tool (B), and everything seems fine. But a little later in your session, you get the Brush tool again, and it no longer displays the size of the currently selected brush tip. Instead, it displays a little crosshair cursor. So you go to the Preferences menu and choose Display & Cursors, and sure enough, you’ve got Normal Brush Tip chosen as your preference, but for some strange reason, it’s not showing your brush size; it’s showing that stupid crosshair. Here’s the problem: Check your Caps Lock key. It’s turned on, and turning it on changes your Brush cursor from displaying brush size to displaying the crosshair. This is actually a feature to be used when you need to see the precise center of your brush. The problem is it’s assigned to the Caps Lock key, so every time you turn on Caps Lock when you’re working with type, you just temporarily switched your Brush cursor (or any cursor for that matter). Does Adobe need to find a better key for this feature/bug? You betcha! Will it happen? Not as far as I know.
This problem has been bugging me off and on for a while now. Good to know it’s just the caps lock key.
Holy #@$%, thank you so much! It’s been driving me insane.
Thanks so much. I have opened and closed photoshop 6 times now, and I couldn’t figure out why it was doing that. You are a genius!
Thanks a lot buddy you have solved my problem. This S*%tty crosshair was driving me insane. Thanks a billion.
Thanks so much this has puzzled me for months now. The Caps Lock key is too close to the shift key which I often use so I think Adobe should change it to something else. But at least now I know the cause of the problem so it shouldn’t really matter.
Cheers.
Thanks! I’ve been going round in circles trying to figure this one out!
Thank you so so much. Every time this crosshair thing has happened – and its been happening for long time – its driven me nuts opening and closing the programme, looking here there and everywhere trying to figure out why it has happened. Thank you!
Thanks mate, I had this but no longer have it, but I have been wondering what was that , xD
thanks agian ^^
Thank you so much… I drove me nut…until I found this tip…
5 years of using photoshop and i find this out now
thank you so much for this. it’s been sooo much hassle before!!!!
Thank you so much! This was driving me nuts, and what a simple fix!
I kept rebooting thinking it was a video card or driver problem. That was driving me nuts! Thanks buddy!
Thankyou! I was looking for all options in photoshop to fix it hahah
Thanks for solving this 13 year mystery. I’ve spent hours trying to fix this bug over the last decade. Adobe support has never figured it out when I’ve called them.
So happy you posted this, thank you.
Brett Gilmour
Thank you, thank you, wonderful tip!
Thank you!! it really is the little things!
WOW!
Thanks for this! I’ve been getting puzzled, frustrated and annoyed with this issue since Photoshop 5!
Cheers
Bless you!
Thank you!!!!!
i wish it WAS the caps lock! I even wish it was the cursor settings! Absolutely nothing i try gets rid of this silly 3-piece cursor that i can hardly see let alone guide to click onto what i want it to! I want my normal every-day arrow pointer back!!!! =(
Thank you!!! It was driving me crazy!
I’ve been a professional graphic designer for years.. and have always had this problem.. wow.
BILLION TIMES, THANK YOU (Capslock off now)
Thanks a lot!