Shortcut for unselecting everything and choose the Selection Tool

[AndreasCarlsson-7atFEi]

As the title. There must be a Shortcut for unselecting everything and have the Selection Tool active, right?

A long time ago I think it was COM+ALT+SHIFT+A, but that doesn't work. And the help only mentions ESC and V. Neither of those do what I want.

Example: I'm in a table. I want to deselect the table and have the Selection Tool active, without touching the mouse. How do i do it?

I'm on MaOS 10.12 and ID CC 2017.

[Barb Binder]

I want to deselect the table and have the Selection Tool active, without touching the mouse.

How about Cmd Sh A then tap V?

[winterm]

AndreasCarlsson wrote:

There must be a Shortcut for unselecting everything and have the Selection Tool active, right?

Nope, there isn't. All the law-abiding people do as Barb suggested. If you really badly need 'single kb command' solution, then:

1. copy this two-liner to simple text editor, save it as jsx script.

app.menuActions.item("$ID/Deselect All").invoke();
app.menuActions.item("$ID/Selection Tool").invoke();

2. 'Install' it, define kb shortcut.

3. use it

Tested on Win7 / CS6. Should work on Mac too, I hope...

[Barb Binder]

All the law obedient people...

LOL!

[winterm]

Barb,

I hope I didn't say something completely out of tune? Edited that a bit... My English is just above average, sorry for that... Not native.

[Barb Binder]

Ha! I loved it. It's a very apt description of me!

[winterm]

Well, I must confess then - that's not about me

[Barb Binder]

And that is what makes the forums so great. We all work together, and if one of us can't figure something out, someone else can.