Activate a tool
The Tools panel can be displayed as a toolbar
(as shown here) or as a normal panel. 
Tools panel
- A.
- Selection
- B.
- Hand
- C.
- Zoom
- D.
- Rotation
- E.
- Orbit Camera, Track XY Camera, Track Z Camera
- F.
- Pan Behind
- G.
- Mask and shape tools
- H.
- Pen tools
- I.
- Type tools
- J.
- Brush
- K.
- Clone Stamp
- L.
- Eraser
- M.
- Puppet tools
- N.
- Controls related to active tool
Note: Controls
related to some tools appear only when the tool is active.
- Click the tool’s button. If the button has a small triangle at its lower-right corner, hold down the mouse button to view the hidden tools. Then, click the tool you want to select.
- Press the tool’s keyboard shortcut. (Positioning the pointer over a tool button displays a tool tip with the tool’s name and keyboard shortcut.)
- To cycle through hidden tools, repeatedly press the tool’s keyboard shortcut.
- To momentarily change from one tool to another tool, hold down the shortcut key for the desired tool; release the shortcut key to return to the previous tool. (This technique does not work with all tools.)
- To view panels most relevant to the active tool, click
the panel button
if available.
For example, clicking this button when a paint tool is active opens the
Paint and Brush Tips panels.