Use marking menus
 
 
 

Marking menus appear when you hold the and (Windows) or and (Mac) keys and hold a mouse button. Marking menus provide the fastest method for choosing tools.

Choose a tool from a marking menu

  1. Hold + (Windows) or + (Mac).
  2. With the keys held down, press and hold a mouse button.

    The mouse button marking menu appears at the location of the mouse pointer.

  3. Keep the mouse button held down and drag out toward a tool name. A thick black line shows the direction of the mouse pointer.

  4. Release the mouse button to choose the highlighted tool.
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