When you start Photoshop, the Tools panel appears at the left of the screen. Some tools in the Tools panel have options that appear in the context-sensitive options bar.
You can expand some tools to show hidden tools beneath them. A small triangle at the lower right of the tool icon signals the presence of hidden tools.
You can view information about any tool by positioning the pointer over it. The name of the tool appears in a tooltip below the pointer.
Note:
Some workspaces shipped with Photoshop CC 2015 customize the toolbar. When you switch to one of such workspaces, some tools may seem missing from the toolbar. To learn how to resolve this issue, see Tools missing from the toolbar.
Note:
In Photoshop CS6, some tools were available as part of Photoshop Extended. All features in the erstwhile Photoshop Extended offering are now part of Photoshop. Photoshop does not have a separate Extended offering.

Note:
If you're looking for general information on how to use tools in Photoshop, see Using tools.
Figuring out what Photoshop tools do is now easier than ever before! When you hover the pointer over certain tools in the Tools panel, Photoshop displays a description and a short video of the tool in action.
You can choose not to view rich tooltips. To do so, deselect the Preferences > Tools > Use Rich Tooltips preference.


You can customize the Photoshop toolbar to organize tools in a group and do much more.
- Do one of the following:
- Select Edit > Toolbar
- Long press
, located at the bottom of the toolbar and then select Edit Toolbar.

- In the Customize Toolbar dialog box, do one or more the following:
- Drag and drop tools and/or groups to re-organize the toolbar.
- Move excess, unused, or low priority tools to Extra Tools.
- To access extra tools, long press
at the bottom of the toolbar.
- To save the custom toolbar, click Save Preset.
- To open a previously saved custom toolbar, click Load Preset.
- To restore the default toolbar, click Restore Defaults.
- To move all the tools to Extra Tools, click Clear Tools.
- Select the non-tool widgets to show/hide them at the bottom of the toolbar.

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