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paulas13119815
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June 7, 2016
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Polygonal lasso tool missing in Photoshop CC ?

  • June 7, 2016
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I can't find the polygonal lasso tool. Lasso tool icon seem not have that small triangle in right down corner to toggle between the lassotool and the polygonal lasso tool. The magnetic lasso tool can be found easily. Is there something missing in my Photoshop?

I'm using Win7 Pro and the lastest Photoshop CC, installed couple of weeks ago. ​

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    Correct answer Chetna Srivastava

    Hi paulas,

    This could be due to edit toolbar option.

    Go to Edit menu > toolbar > restore defaults > click on OK to restore the default tools.

    Regards

    Chetna

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    WriteNScript
    Participant
    August 3, 2021

    For anyone out there whose Adobe subscription just updated to Illustration 2021 and had their toolbar menu changed from Advanced to Basic (and lost the lasso tool in the process), you can change it back by going to Window > Toolbars > Advanced.

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    jbkuma
    Participant
    March 17, 2017

    The OP may be long gone, but this thread is still valuable.  Neither did shift+L (which I'm accustomed to after 20+ years)  work nor did the triangle appear.  For what idiotic reason would I want less options for the lasso tool, regardless of what "workspace" I'm in? 

      WinsorNewton7
      WinsorNewton7
      Participant
      November 10, 2017

      I'm having the same problem (no available polygonal lasso tool, one of my mainstays), and I've tried (or tried to try) everything listed here. My biggest problem, in CC 2017, is that most of the options I've seen here don't exist in my Illustrator.

      For example, the 3 little dots near the bottom of the tool palette? Not there (see image).

      So I need to go to the EDIT menu to fins TOOLS? Not in MY edit menu (see image again).

      Edit preferences so I can use shift+L to change tools? No joy in the preferences window. Image again.

      Windows Tool/Default? I'm there.

      Workspace ESSENTIALS? I'm there.

      It's bad enough that I can't find my favorite tool, but it seems my version of Illustrator is different from everyone else's. I'm no serious power user, but I've been using Illustrator for more than 20 years, and I'm kinda falling out of of love.

      Hmmm,,,one of the ways I've used illustrator to color "behind" a brush-and-ink black-and-transparent layer is to select the area with the polygonal lasso and save that are under "Select/Save Selection" to be recalled for later color changes (fills) without re-creating the selection area. I don't see that recall or restore option under "Select".

      Just for reference, I'm running Illustrator on Windows 7. Is there any hope for me?

      gener7
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      gener7Community Expert
      Community Expert
      November 10, 2017

      Yes. Go to the forums home and choose the Illustrator forum.

      The members there are better able to help you.

      daniels56846580
      daniels56846580
      Participant
      February 23, 2017

      I think I have found the solution -- I think it can be done by holding down the <Shift> key and pressing the 'L' key until the proper tool icon appears.  It appears that there are 3 types of Lasso tools, but only one is displayed at a time and [ <Shift> + L ] rotates among those 3 types.  I found the answer through the link below:
      Adobe Photoshop CC "Polygonal Lasso Tool" NSL WEEK 206 - YouTube

      Daniel K. Stuntz.

        gener7
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        gener7Community Expert
        Community Expert
        February 23, 2017

        The problem is not that Paulas doesn't know the shortcut, but the tiny triangle in the lower right of the tool set is missing, meaning it is the only option and that there is nothing to switch to.

          Trevor.Dennis
          Community Expert
          Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          February 23, 2017

          gener7  wrote

          The problem is not that Paulas doesn't know the shortcut, but the tiny triangle in the lower right of the tool set is missing, meaning it is the only option and that there is nothing to switch to.

          And that's apart from the fact that the previous last post to this thread was eight months ago, and that two of the posters have not visited this forum since.  But thank you anyway Daniel.

          Incidentally, regarding using the Shift key to toggle between tools, some time ago, and after years of working that way because it was the default and everyone does it, I suddenly asked myself why, and could not think of a good answer?   So I turned it off and just tap the relevant key without the modifier now, and it is a whole lot faster.  Just a thought.

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          Chetna SrivastavaCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
          Community Manager
          June 7, 2016

          Hi paulas,

          This could be due to edit toolbar option.

          Go to Edit menu > toolbar > restore defaults > click on OK to restore the default tools.

          Regards

          Chetna

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            josephine26195093gv3r
            Participant
            October 10, 2022

            no, that did not work. Lost  lasso tool and polygonal. 

            Lilybiri
            Lilybiri
            Legend
            June 7, 2016

            Which workspace are you using? All lasso tools are available in Essentials and Photograph, most in Painting (not magnetic lasso). In Graphics and Web you'll only find the normal Lasso tool.

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