Cursor has a ring of dots

Question

Photoshop 19; drawing with the pencil tool or eraser tool the cursor has a ring of dots around it making it hard to see the line.

Can this ring of dots be removed in settings?

Answer 1

Toggle between standard and precise cursor with the Caps Lock key

Tools that have precise cursor capabilities include:

• Eyedropper

• Healing brushes

• Patch Tool

• Red Eye Brushes

• Rubber Stamp Dodge

• Burn and Sponge

If you need to change the cursors from the Preferences:

• Click Photoshop CC on the menu bar and select Preferences.
• Click on Cursors in the drop-down menu to open a preferences screen.
• Select Cursors in the left panel of the preferences screen.
• Select Precise in the Painting Cursors section and Precise in the Other Cursors section.

Answer 2

The "ring of dots" is Adobe's wait cursor. It's telling you to wait.

.. at least if this is the "ring of dots" you are referring to...

_{Wouldn't believe how much trouble I had getting that image :)}