# apply button for scissor tool missing?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/apply-button-for-scissor-tool-missing/16596>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 17, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/apply-button-for-scissor-tool-missing/16596 "2021-03-17T14:33:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rebecca-green](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/rebecca-green/32/10329_2.png) [@rebecca-green](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/rebecca-green)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/apply-button-for-scissor-tool-missing/16596/1 "2021-03-17T14:33:17Z")

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Hi, I am on 4.11.20210226 and it seems the apply button for the scissors tool is now missing? I can set my area, but then I can’t do anything with it. All the tutorials seem to show an apply button. Am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/apply-button-for-scissor-tool-missing/16596/2 "2021-03-17T14:37:49Z")

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Scissors effect does not have an Apply button, it is applied immediately when you release the mouse button. “Surface cut” effect is somewhat similar and it has an Apply button, maybe you saw that in tutorials.

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/apply-button-for-scissor-tool-missing/16596/3 "2021-03-17T19:29:19Z")

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@rebecca-green just to make sure your active tools is scissor, this is what you should be seeing:  
There is no Apply button.

[![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SlicerMorph/Spr_2021/main/Day_2/Segmentation/images/Slide16.PNG) ](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SlicerMorph/Spr_2021/main/Day_2/Segmentation/images/Slide16.PNG)

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**Author:** ![rebecca-green](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/rebecca-green/32/10329_2.png) [@rebecca-green](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/rebecca-green)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/apply-button-for-scissor-tool-missing/16596/4 "2021-03-17T19:31:04Z")

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Figured out the problem! I hadn’t properly created a mask of the surface first!

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/apply-button-for-scissor-tool-missing/16596/5 "2021-03-17T19:32:38Z")

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> [@rebecca-green](#):
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> ! I hadn’t properly created a mask of the surface first!

Yes, you have to have an initial segment for scissors to cut from.