What is this navigational symbol that voluntarily pops up in all of my images? How do I get rid of?

[Ken Nielsen]

All of a sudden, every image I open today has this 'Captain Hook' navigational symbol that pops up and stays centered on my images, I have no idea what triggered this to start appearing and nothing I do gets rid of it, not the esc. key, nothing. I request help with this as it has stopped my workflow today. 

TIA,

Ken

[S_Gans · Accepted solution]

It's the rotate canvas tool. It's found in the layer's panel, nestled in under the hand tool. 
You may have turned it on by accident, with a gesture, in which case, go to Preferences > Tools > uncheck Enable Gestures.

There is some very good info on this tool here: https://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/photoshop-rotate-view-tool/

[Ken Nielsen]

Extremely good help S Gans, I appreciate and I'm back to work now thanks to you. Much appreciation.

Ken

[jane-e]

In addition, the shortcut for Rotate Canvas is "R" (which may be how you did it accidentally) and "Escape" will back you out.

~ Jane