The Toolbox (Window ▸ Toolbox, Ctrl+Alt+1) is a two-column palette of twenty cells. A letter selects a tool while the canvas has the keyboard — not while you are typing in a field. A cell with a small triangle in its corner is a family: click the triangle, press and hold the cell, or right-click it to open a strip with the family's tools; the cell then shows the tool you picked.
| Cell | Tools | Keys |
|---|---|---|
| Move | Move · Direct Selection | V Move · A Direct Selection |
| Marquee | Rectangular Marquee · Elliptical Marquee | M · Shift+M switches |
| Lasso | Lasso · Polygonal Lasso | L · Shift+L switches |
| Magic Wand | Magic Wand | W |
| Crop | Crop · Straighten | C Crop |
| Eyedropper | Eyedropper | I |
| Healing | Spot Healing Brush · Healing Brush | J · Shift+J cycles Spot Healing, Healing Brush, Airbrush |
| Brush | Paintbrush · Pencil | B Paintbrush · N Pencil |
| Airbrush | Airbrush | Shift+J (in the healing cycle) |
| Clone Stamp | Clone Stamp (Alt-click sets the source) · History Brush | S Clone Stamp · Y History Brush |
| Eraser | Eraser (Brush or Block mode in its strip) | E |
| Gradient | Gradient | G |
| Paint Bucket | Paint Bucket | K |
| Focus | Blur · Sharpen · Smudge | R · Shift+R cycles Blur, Sharpen, Smudge |
| Toning | Dodge · Burn · Sponge | O · Shift+O cycles Dodge, Burn, Sponge |
| Line | Line | U |
| Pen | Pen · Add Anchor · Delete Anchor · Convert Anchor | P · Shift+P cycles |
| Type | Text | T |
| Hand | Hand | H; double-click the cell to fit the document in the window |
| Zoom | Zoom | Z; double-click the cell for 100 % |
The Options bar (Window ▸ Control Palette, Ctrl+2) shows the settings of the active tool — brush, mode, opacity, tolerance, feather and so on. Double-clicking a tool cell reveals its row; for the painting tools it also opens the Brushes palette (Ctrl+5).