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June 2, 2025
Question

When using a pen tablet in Photoshop, the selection tool does not display the circular cursor as exp

  • June 2, 2025
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Hi I'm expirencing this issue with Photoshop where when using a pen tablet in Photoshop, the selection tool does not display the circular cursor as expected.
It works all fine without the PenTab or touchpad/external mouse.

This is on a Microsoft Surface laptop.

Does anyone know about this??

3 replies

Claire H.
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 23, 2025

Hi @vishal_jadhav1508, Welcome to the Photoshop Community Forums! Are you still experiencing this issue? Let us know if any of the solutions helped! ^CH

Trevor.Dennis
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 4, 2025

Can you tell us which selection tool this is?

Thanks

creative explorer
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 3, 2025

@vishal_jadhav1508 it sounds like a communicating issue where the cursor type or pressure information to Photoshop, or Photoshop's internal settings for tablet input (like "Windows Ink" versus "Wintab" API) are causing a discrepancy. You might need to adjust settings within Photoshop's Preferences (under Performance > Graphics Processor Settings or Tablet if available), update your Surface Pen drivers, or check for specific tablet-related settings within your Windows 10/11 system preferences.

 

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