Stage and Tools panel
Enabling / disabling the tools panel
To show or hide the Tools panel, select Window > Tools.
You can enable / disable tools panel any time You wish. Mostly You will use it all the time so dont disable it at the very beginning.
To select tools do one of the following:
- Click the tool in the Tools panel. Depending on the tool you select, a set of modifiers might appear in the options area at the bottom of the Tools panel.
- Press the tool’s keyboard shortcut. To view the keyboard shortcuts, select Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows) or Flash > Keyboard Shortcuts (Macintosh). On the Macintosh, you might need to move the mouse to see the new pointer appear.
- To select a tool located in the pop-up menu for a visible tool such as the Rectangle tool, press the icon of the visible tool and select another tool from the pop-up menu.
Selected tool will be active until the next is selected.