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Inspiring
November 2, 2024
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Adobe CC Photoshop version 26.0.0 Quick Selection Tool showing as a cross not a circle with a + or -

  • November 2, 2024
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I'm running Photoshop CC version 26.0.0 on a Mac Studio running Sonoma 14.6.1.
The Quick Selection Tool is displaying as a cross rather than as a 'brush' circle with a plus or minus sign in it.  It means I can't see how big my brush is when trying to select an area of the image.  It only shows as a circle when using the square brackets to change its size but not when you move your mouse or try to select anything.  Is this something I can get back with a setting adjustment somewhere?

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Correct answer Kath Polley

@Kath Polley 

 

One more thing to try:

Apple menu > System Settings > Accessibility tab > Pointer group > Display > Set the display to Normal

 

Jane

 

 


Thanks Jane - those were the settings in place.  It seems I just needed to TIOATIOA to reset everythign after my last CC update.  All done now.  Thanks for your help.  Kath

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Jeff Arola
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Community Expert
November 2, 2024

Did you try restarting your Mac?

 

There are a couple of other possible causes, one being having your Caps Lock on, which in your case it's probably not if your typing this post from the same Mac.

 

The other is under Photoshop 25>Settings>Cursors and having the Painting Cursors and/or Other Cursors set to Precise.

Inspiring
November 2, 2024

Hi, yes, it is behaving as if Caps Lock were on, but it isn't!  As for cursors, I have 

Painting Cursors set to Normal Brush tip with Brush tip outline set to Normal.  
Other cursors is set to Standard.  
I tried closing down photoshop and Bridge completely and restarting them but I guess I'll try a restart on the computer now too.

Inspiring
November 2, 2024

And actually this seems to apply to the brush tool, the lasso tool...pretty much everything!

jane-e
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November 2, 2024

@Kath Polley 

 

If Caps Lock is on, turn it off.

 

Jane

 

Inspiring
November 2, 2024

Caps lock was not on, though I agree it is behaving as if it were.