Work with marking menus

Marking menus provide the fastest method for choosing tools.

Display a marking menu

Marking menus appear when you hold the and (Windows) or and (Mac) keys and hold a mouse button.

Choose a tool from a marking menu

  1. Hold + (Windows) or + (Mac), and press and hold a mouse button.

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

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