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TenTin
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July 23, 2026
Question

Crop Tool activates the "Options" bar

  • July 23, 2026
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I have hidden the Options bar in Photoshop. When I select a portion of the image and press the C key (the shortcut for the crop tool), followed by the Enter key, the crop tool displays the Options bar. Is there a way to disable this behaviour and have the crop tool simply crop the selected area when I press Enter, without first showing a crop area preview?

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    c.pfaffenbichler
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    Community Expert
    July 23, 2026

    I don’t know how one could avoid that behaviour (other than double-clicking instead of hitting enter), so I would recommend using Image > Crop instead (edit: of using the Crop Tool) and assigning a Keyboard Shortcut to it.