Missing tools in tool bar

[Colorful_sincerityB82A]

I am following a tutorial in Ps (title in Adobe says "Photoshop ecosystem" I do not know whether both are same or not) and I want to make a custom worksapce. I found some tools in tutorial are missing in my tool bar. How to bring it?

[J E L · Accepted solution]

Hi @Colorful_sincerityB82A, the tool options shown on the top horizontal menu will change based on your tool selection on the far left vertical bar. In the first screenshot, you have the Move tool selected. In the second screenshot, you have the Marquee tool selected. Hope that's helpful!

[Colorful_sincerityB82A]

Thanks for the help.

[J E L]

Of course! Happy to help and please come back to search or ask the Community when you have more questions.

[Colorful_sincerityB82A]

Why title says "Photoshop ecosystem"?

Ai - Adobe Illustrator

Ae - After Effect

Pr - Premiere Pro

[Conrad_C · Accepted solution]

“Photoshop ecosystem” means this section can answer questions about any of the Photoshop apps in the system connected by Photoshop cloud documents, including Photoshop for macOS, Windows, iPad OS, and the beta Photoshop web browser app.

It can be a little confusing because most people think of “ecosystem” as a term used for a biological environment, but it is less well known that the tech industry uses “ecosystem” to mean “we want customers to know these products work together.”

[Colorful_sincerityB82A]

Thanks for the explanation.

[Malcolm28240149oeht]

Has anyone found a solution for this on a 768 screen, please? Without it the program is almost unusable.

[Conrad_C]

You said “this” and “it” but it isn’t clear which problem you’re having. The discussion and solution in this thread apply to any size screen, because the answer is that the options displayed in the options bar are tied to the tool selected in the Tools panel, so if you want to see different options, select a different tool. The answer is the same on a screen that’s 786 pixels tall (if that’s what you mean buy a “768 screen”).

If your screen is only 768 pixels tall, then the main problem is your screen falls below the stated minimum system requirements for Photoshop which are 800 pixels tall. If that means the options bar is too narrow to show all the settings, you can try turning on “Enable Narrow Options Bar” in Photoshop Preferences, Workspace panel. But ultimately, you need a taller screen, or if possible set a higher resolution setting for your screen.

If these suggestions aren’t helping, you probably want to start a new thread and talk specifically about what is not working right on your screen.

[Malcolm28240149oeht]

Thank you. I think I thought I was on a thread regarding the lost colour tool on the screen of 768 height. It has always been visible in earlier versions of Elements so why can we not see it, or have it somewhere else? I am not impressed favourably, and unlikely to continue with Photoshop when something Like Affinity has no such problems. This has been an issue for 2 years and in that time one feels that Adobe could have provdied a workround or solution.

[Lumigraphics]

There is no workaround for a computer not meeting the minimum system requirements. If this is a small netbook type computer with a tiny display, plug in a larger external monitor or get a different computer with a bigger screen.

[Conrad_C]

Thank you. I think I thought I was on a thread regarding the lost colour tool on the screen of 768 height. It has always been visible in earlier versions of Elements so why can we not see it, or have it somewhere else? I am not impressed favourably, and unlikely to continue with Photoshop when something Like Affinity has no such problems. This has been an issue for 2 years and in that time one feels that Adobe could have provdied a workround or solution.

By @Malcolm28240149oeht

By “colour tool,” do you mean the foreground and background colour swatches at the bottom of the Tools panel? They can get cut off at the bottom of a 768 pixel tall screen. If that’s what you’re talking about, there is a workaround. Click the double arrow at the top left corner of the Tools panel, and it will switch to two-column mode, which is only 500 pixels tall so it fits within a space that’s 768 pixels tall.

If you’re using Microsoft Windows, another reason for tools not fitting on screen is if the display scaling is set too high above 100% in Windows display settings. This is a separate setting from the screen dimensions in pixels.

If that doesn’t help, I also noticed that you mentioned “Elements”. If you mean Photoshop Elements (there is also a Premiere Elements), the community forum for Photoshop Elements is a different page, linked below. They might have a better answer. This forum, and all of the advice and pictures in this thread, are for the full price subscription-based Photoshop application, not Photoshop Elements.

Photoshop Elements community

[Malcolm28240149oeht]

Thank you. This is helpful. I do have Elements, but there was nothing pointing me in the direction of that community area that I saw. sadly, as might be expected, the workround suggested does not apply. But thanks for the clear and positive advice, Conrad.