i have just started to use audacity. time shift tool can be selected from toolbar or F5. How to deselect this tool.
There’s six tools in the little tool box.
Choose the I-Bar for the normal Audacity selector tool. Two sideways black arrows is the Time Shift Tool. Two up and down arrows and bent line is the envelope tool.
Koz
“F1” key for the normal “Selection Tool”.
See also: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tools_toolbar.html