How do I deactivate a brush tool?

[TvL]

Hello, 

when I choose the in-painting brush tool for e.g., is there a way of deactivating it such as using the ESC key? 

It seems that once activated it remains activated. If I choose another tool then the in-painting brush tool is de-activated, but the other tool is and remains active. 

 I am new to Affinity photo.  I use a Mac under Catalina OS.

Any replies are much appreciated. 

Thor

[DWright]

Hi @TvL,

Welcome to the forum

There is no option to deactivate a selected tool the best thing is to select the Pan tool shortcut H as this will not alter your photo if you click on it.

[TvL]

Ok, thank you for your helpful reply.  I had spent much time seeking an answer. 
Hopefully deactivation like in lightroom will be added in an upcoming update. 

[firstdefence]

I use the Esc pressed twice to deactivate pretty much anything, such as the text tool, this prevents typing V’s in the text as you try to select the Move tool (V) I also use Esc Esc to deactivate a selected node such as when using the pen tool and I want to draw separate lines.