any suggestions?
worry about something more important?
Seriously I hadn’t noticed that until you brought it up. no big deal really. It seems I’m always switching tools in photoshop. Maybe you need to learn the keyboard shortcuts.
Command (apple/cloverleaf) key will temporarily activate the move tool. I usually only jump to the move tool (v key) to key in percentages/blend modes for layers. Any better ideas for that?
Buko,
Thanks for the help. I know the major keyboard shortcuts. My question was not based on worry or ignorance. It seemed curious to me that Adobe would make the marquee tool the default tool, with no way of changing that default. My time in process management has made me a slave to reducing steps, not adding steps.
If there is no answer to my question, then this thread can be put to bed.
Good day.
The thing being it isn’t the default. Just tested it, it seems that it defaults to the marquee tool if the tool selected was the move tool. If you select any other tool close and the open Photoshop it is still that tool.
Yes there is a work-a-round but would need a small script and setting it up in Scripts Event Manager.
Just had another test, now this is strange, if you change to the Elliptical Marquee Tool the select the Move tool. Close and restart allthough the Elliptical Marquee Tool is still showing, it is the Rectangular Marquee Tool that is active!.
If you would like the code here it is…
#target photoshop
if(findCurrentTool() == ‘marqueeRectTool’ || findCurrentTool() == ‘marqueeEllipTool’) selectTool(‘moveTool’);
function selectTool(tool) {
var desc9 = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref7 = new ActionReference();
ref7.putClass( app.stringIDToTypeID(tool) );
desc9.putReference( app.charIDToTypeID(‘null’), ref7 );
executeAction( app.charIDToTypeID(‘slct’), desc9, DialogModes.NO );
};
function findCurrentTool(){
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var cTool = typeIDToStringID(executeActionGet(ref).getEnumerationType(st ringIDToTypeID(‘tool’)));
return cTool;
}
