The Tools panel can be docked or floating, on show or hidden, depending on your preference.
The Tools panel can be customised to fit your individual way of working. By removing tools, you can slim down the Tools panel and add available tools when needed.
For future selection, the named preset you save will be shown in the same submenu as the above command.
The Tools panel is reset back to its default.
The Tools panel displays the foreground and background colour selectors regardless of a number of columns set. These are similar to those which appear on the Colour and Swatches panels.