Drag Selection Shortcut Key
September 29th, 2006 Filed in: Tricks & Tips Jump to comments
While I was working in Photoshop, I accidentally found a very cool shortcut which allows you to drag the inactive selection around. Have you ever tried to make a precise rectangle selection, but dragged at the wrong position, and you had to release your mouse and re-drag again? Well, next time before you release your mouse button, hold down the Spacebar and Photoshop will allow you to drag the selection around.
Test it now:
- use the Rectangular Marquee tool
- drag any where in your document (don’t release your mouse yet)
- then hold down the Spacebar
- now you can drag the selection around
This also works for Crop and Shape tools (Photoshop and Illustrator).
October 31st, 2006 at 12:33 pm
Spacebar (genral pan tool) is also useful in Illustrator when using the pen tool. Say you want to relocate the most recent point while designing a curve, press spacebar while holding on to your left mouse button and drag the point to a new location. Guess it works for the Photoshop pen tool too.
October 20th, 2006 at 9:43 am
nice tip buddy…tanx!!!
October 14th, 2006 at 9:04 am
Cool tip i knew you could move a selection thats what i thought you were on about but this is useful.
cheers
October 13th, 2006 at 5:46 pm
I think there is a misunderstanding here. I mean you can shift the unselected area around with the spacebar. Drag on the document, but don’t release your mouse yet, then hold on the spacebar, now you can shift the unselected area around.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:08 pm
as has been said you cand drag via the marquee tools aarow while still in the marquee tool - or right click and choose transform selection.
October 13th, 2006 at 7:04 am
good good…im very like your grapphic design
October 13th, 2006 at 12:48 am
nice help thanks
very usefull
October 12th, 2006 at 7:13 am
Wow that’s cool and very handy!
Thanx
October 5th, 2006 at 4:54 pm
Oh people, you were always able to move around the selection box. He is talking about being able to move the selection box and still be able to size it as well. Without pressing space, you are stuck with the dimensions of the selection.
October 5th, 2006 at 7:03 am
Nice tip. as said earlier, photoshop CS2 doesn’t require pressing spacebar.
anyways, now that you are free, we need more and more cool work from you. :)very nice re-design. (though, i don’t like bla…ck)