Using tool pointers

When you select most tools, the mouse pointer matches the tool's icon. The marquee pointer appears by default as cross hairs, the text tool pointer appears as an I-beam, and painting tools appear as the Brush Size icon.

To set the appearance of a tool pointer:

1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Display & Cursors.
2. Select a setting for the tool pointer:
• Standard to display pointers as tool icons.
• Precise to display pointers as cross hairs.
• Brush Size to display the painting cursors as brush shapes representing the size of the current brush. Brush Size cursors may not display for very large brushes.
3. Click OK.

The Painting Cursors options control the pointers for the eraser, pencil, airbrush, paintbrush, impressionist brush, background eraser, magic eraser, selection brush, red eye brush, clone stamp, pattern stamp, and the smudge, blur, sharpen, dodge, burn, and sponge tools.

The Other Cursors options control the pointers for the marquee, lasso, magic wand, crop, eyedropper, gradient, paint bucket, shape, hand, and zoom tools.

To toggle between standard and precise cursors of some tool pointers, press Caps Lock. Press Caps Lock again to return to your original setting.