Quick Selection Tool

If you need to use the Selection tool (V) and then return to the tool you were using, here's how to do it. With any tool selected, press-and-hold the Command key (PC: Control key) to temporarily activate the Selection tool. (Actually, it will activate the last selection tool you used, so you may get the Direct Selection tool.) Once you've used the Selection tool, let go of the key to return to whatever tool you had been using.