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Paint bucket tool is missing after recent update Photoshop CC

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December 4, 2015
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After the new update i can not find the fill bucket icon under the gradient icon anymore is the bucket relocated somewhere else. Or is this some sort of bug / error?

How to

Correct answer Jeff Arola

Go to Edit>Toolbar, click Restore Defaults and Done.

See if that gets things back to normal.

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jasim23817283eju0

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window> workspace> essentials(default ).
Its probably just in some other workspace.

THansen51

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Like many issues with Software, I did not realize I also had Illustrator open and the windows were not presenting clearly. Once I closed Illustrator, the Photoshop menu was visible, complete with Paint Bucket.

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Kdaybreak

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I have a new PS 2020 and there is no fill tool. I did the steps above and still nothing. I am a beginner so maybe missing something g, but there is no bucket icon even after resetting defaults.

rogsonl

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I had the exact same problem.

1. Edit>ToolBar You get

go down the left and right move bars until you find the Gradient tool on the left and the paint bucket tool on the right.

Move the paint bucket to the Gradient tool and both will appear. Problem solved.

I was helped by the hints provided before by this thread.

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lorrainet33493575

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OMG, thank you!!

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clintonAEMC

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I get the same error spontaneously after my workspace completely disappeared. It was not a matter of long pressing or ALT-clicking the tool but going to Edit > Toolbar... (as mentioned above) but instead of resetting the toolbar, I moved the paint bucket took back to its rightful place. See visual below.

Edit > Toolbar...

Move to toolbar

Good luck ya'll.

sagem8608751

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I have no Edit - Tools menu, no traingle and no 3 dots at the bottom . I cannot find the paint bucket anywhere, very fusted. Adobe stop moving things!

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clintonAEMC

Inspiring

sagem8608751

What version of PHotoshop do you have sagem? You dont have a "Toolbar..." option at the bottom of your "Edit" menu?

Condre369

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Heh. R_Kelly showed you where your bucket is.

goforthjtj

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R_Kelly, I'm missing my Paintbucket, as well, and I don't even show the Toolbar option under Edit:

Jeff Arola

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I don't think your missing the Paint Bucket Tool.

Just left click and hold on the Gradient Tool in the toolbox to get to the Paint Bucket Tool.

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jun91070419

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Thanks a lot!

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tar4heel2

Inspiring

Not to belabor the point, but why was it changed like that? I haven't touched the toolbar settings since the latest version was installed, so apparently it installs this way. Freaking WHY??

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DKNV

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If you used the bucket tool Adobe has saved you from yourself by hiding it. Future users will never know about it. It's so 1990's and when you work at Adobe and were born in the 1990's removing things is a way of advancing ones career.

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rachela94705674

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Easy there, buddy, We get that you've got the whole pretentious graphic design complex going on, but us plebs might still want to use the tool for simple tasks. I wanted to use the paint bucket to fill in half shapes for a pedigree chart for my bio class, but I guess that's too 1990s of me. Thank God Adobe saved me from this egregious crime against electronic arts.