P: Sub-tool reverts back to primary tool in slot every time a new document is open

I also still have the problem using PS 2015.1.2 on a Mac running OSX 10.9.5. Deselecting "Show Start Workspace..." in Preferences>General did not help for me.

Is this a known issue, that's going to be fixed?

Again, Photoshop hasn't had any updates since January (16.1.2 update).

No.

Photoshop hasn't had an update since January, are you confusing the Camera Raw update with a Photoshop update?

Yea still broken, but only when you close Photoshop and reopen. The new document part is fixed.

Updated Photoshop to Today's (March 16th 2016) update... The issue remains...

Ok, I'll try and find it for you. In the mean time you can try this; whatever tool you want it to default to, put it first (at the top) of the Toolbar subgrouping. For example, I like Healing Brush to be the default choice so it's at top.



Also, as glitchy as PS has become I avoid this altogether by not sharing shortcuts for tools. As you can see for example the "H" key is dedicated to one tool and not shared between them.

Here's a link that might help you out.

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2051410

No, because i don't find it in this post nor any other.

DV2 The Fox,

did you see the post/video about the placement order of the tools in a custom Toolbar being directly linked with their default state yet?

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Couple of issues I have with tools/Toolbar:

1. The Move Tool will not stay selected when quitting and restarting Photoshop. Instead the Rectangular Marquee Tool is always active by default. The majority of the time Move Tool is the first tool I use. Granted, this is very specific but surely it's not intentional on your part to force Move Tool to NOT be selected at launch.

2. Direct Select and Path Select will not remember my "All Layers" choice. Every time it sets them back to "Active Layers".

These kinds of "little" problems are really getting old and are just silly at this point. They're compounding and making Photoshop an irritation to use.