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KazuTa
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February 4, 2026
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tool search

  • February 4, 2026
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A search bar where I can search for a tool (ex. Magic Wand).

I’m a video professional who uses Photoshop maybe a couple times a month. The number of tools Photoshop has accrued is overwhelming. I’m usually looking for some of the most basic ones (Magic Wand, Ruler for straightening) and I can no longer find them as they’re buried underneath other tools or on a second page of tools that I no longer remember how to get to. 

Acrobat has a Search field where I can search for a tool (ex. Text Recognition) so I don’t have to remember exactly where that tool is buried. This would be so helpful in Photoshop for those of us who don’t use it every day, and when we do, it’s often to do ONE THING that we can do easily except that the tool is buried and it takes 10 minutes to find the tool and 1 minute to do the task.

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      Trevor.Dennis
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      Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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      February 4, 2026

      Go Edit > Edit Toolbar

      That brings up this panel (yours will look different to mine)

      Drag the tools you don’t need from the left side to the right.

      Organise the tools you want to keep by dragging up and down. If they are not grouped, they will always appear on top in the toolbar.

      Click Done to save it.

       

      You can do the same thing with Panel Menus by going Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts

      select Panel menus and scroll through.

      Uncheck the eye icon next to any entry you don’t need.

       

      Now comes the clever bit.

      Go Window > Workspace > New Workspace

      Give it a name, and check the items shown below

      This creates a workspace with your custom toolbar and panel menus.

      When you want to use the other tools, select the default workspace.

       

      You can take this further by creating short action that sets and resets workspaces, and trigger them with a Function key.

      These the one I use.  It is very satisfying hitting a single key and seeing your workspace instantly reset itself.

       

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        KazuTaAuthor
        Inspiring
        February 4, 2026

        This is wonderful, thank you! I’m trying to mark this as the correct answer; maybe I can’t do that because I created this post as a feature request?

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