Gradient Tool Default

[caitlyn_burke]

Hello!

First time posting, apologies if in the wrong forum.

This is a small issue but I find it extremely annoying. When I hit the shortcut "G" I expect the paint bucket to be selected so I can quickly change/fill colors. But lately the "G" tool defaults to the gradient tool which I rarely ever use. Am I missing something in preferences to fix this? I know I can use Shift-G to toggle back to the paint bucket but this started happening once I updated photoshop CC this week.

Any thoughts appreciated!

[c.pfaffenbichler]

You can remove the shortcut for the Gradient Tool altogether if you rarely ever use it (see »Edit Toolbar«).

[caitlyn_burke]

I've been using Photoshop for year and didn't realize I could do that! Thank you!

[shalanandpaul]

I was finding this extremely annoying too... especially with the healing brush. It seems that when switching from the Move Tool to any other tool via a shortcut key Photoshop now defaults you to the first tool in the group. To extend what c.pfaffenbichler​​ advised, another workaround is to drag your preferred tool to the top of the related tool group to ensure it's always selected when you use the shortcut.

I really hope this is just a bug and not intended new behaviour... I feel like they fixed a similar problem in a recent update.