Crop Tool Is a Default Tool When opening a Image

[animationlife]

Hello everyone.

I noticed Crop Tool is always selected when I import an image. I would like to have the Move Tool as the Default Tool When opening Photoshop, and importing an image. How can I do that

Thanks.

[Jeff Arola]

What version of photoshop and operating system do you have?

[animationlife]

Sorry for the Late Reply. I am using the latest Creative Cloud Version. Yes By Default, when opening Photoshop, and using File-Open, the Last Selected Tool is Active. Many times, I have the Move Tool Active, and when I close Photoshop and open Photoshop, I notice the Crop Tool is Active.

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate

[Bojan Živković]

I can not reproduce on Windows running Photoshop 24.1.0. Last active tool remains active or selected after closing and reopening app.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

What exactly do you mean by »import an image«? 

In general when opening Photoshop the last selected Tool should be active. 

[Stephen Marsh · Accepted solution]

With no images open, set the move tool as the active tool. Quit Photoshop. The next time you run Photoshop the move tool should be active.

You may need to reset preferences.

Otherwise:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/photoshop-action-helper-scripts/td-p/...

https://snipit.io/collections/22819/22819/75025

//////////////////////////////////////////
// Script Name: Tool Selection.jsx
// Version: 1.0
// Author: Stephen Marsh
// Usage: Selects a tool - remove or add the leading double forwards // slashes as required to disable or enable commenting on one of the tool lines below
//////////////////////////////////////////
#target photoshop
selectTool('moveTool');
//selectTool('artboardTool’);
//selectTool('marqueeRectTool');
//selectTool('marqueeEllipTool');
//selectTool('marqueeSingleRowTool');
//selectTool('marqueeSingleColumnTool');
//selectTool('lassoTool');
//selectTool('polySelTool');
//selectTool('magneticLassoTool');
//selectTool('magicLassoTool’);
//selectTool('quickSelectTool');
//selectTool('magicWandTool');
//selectTool('cropTool');
//selectTool('perspectiveCropTool’);
//selectTool('sliceTool');
//selectTool('sliceSelectTool');
//selectTool('framedGroupTool’);
//selectTool('eyedropperTool');
//selectTool('3DMaterialSelectTool’);
//selectTool('colorSamplerTool');
//selectTool('rulerTool');
//selectTool('textAnnotTool');
//selectTool('countTool’);
//selectTool('spotHealingBrushTool');
//selectTool('magicStampTool');
//selectTool('patchSelection');
//selectTool('recomposeSelection’);
//selectTool('redEyeTool');
//selectTool('paintbrushTool');
//selectTool('pencilTool');
//selectTool('colorReplacementBrushTool');
//selectTool('wetBrushTool’);
//selectTool('cloneStampTool');
//selectTool('patternStampTool');
//selectTool('historyBrushTool');
//selectTool('artBrushTool');
//selectTool('eraserTool');
//selectTool('backgroundEraserTool');
//selectTool('magicEraserTool');
//selectTool('gradientTool');
//selectTool('bucketTool');
//selectTool('3DMaterialDropTool’);
//selectTool('blurTool');
//selectTool('sharpenTool');
//selectTool('smudgeTool');
//selectTool('dodgeTool');
//selectTool('burnInTool');
//selectTool('saturationTool');
//selectTool('penTool');
//selectTool('freeformPenTool');
//selectTool('curvaturePenTool’);
//selectTool('addKnotTool');
//selectTool('deleteKnotTool');
//selectTool('convertKnotTool');
//selectTool('typeCreateOrEditTool');
//selectTool('typeVerticalCreateOrEditTool');
//selectTool('typeCreateMaskTool');
//selectTool('typeVerticalCreateMaskTool');
//selectTool('pathComponentSelectTool');
//selectTool('directSelectTool');
//selectTool('rectangleTool');
//selectTool('roundedRectangleTool');
//selectTool('ellipseTool');
//selectTool('triangleTool’);
//selectTool('polygonTool');
//selectTool('lineTool');
//selectTool('customShapeTool');
//selectTool('handTool');
//selectTool('rotateTool’);
//selectTool('zoomTool’);
function selectTool(tool) {
    var desc9 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var ref7 = new ActionReference();
        ref7.putClass( app.stringIDToTypeID(tool) );
    desc9.putReference( app.charIDToTypeID('null'), ref7 );
    executeAction( app.charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc9, DialogModes.NO );
};
//////////////////////////////////////////

Info on saving and installing the script here:

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

You can then use the Script Events Manager to run the script whenever Photoshop is started or when an image is opened etc.

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2021/10/photoshop-script-events-manager.html

[animationlife]

Dear Stephen.

I did reset the Preferences, and with no image selected I selected the Move Tool. So far is working Ok

Thank You Everyone, I appreciate all of you