Hey David, yep I understand the other options, thanks.
But that doesn't explain by this is not configurable, all of the others are. I'm not sure what you mean by "previous version", but as I said I'm coming form Logic 9 and dealing with 10(?) years or so of habit and muscle memory. I don't want to learn another way to do it, though it looks like I will. The way the tools were organised in Logic 9 tools menu worked just fine for me, regardless of the other shortcut options available in 10.6.
It if can't be done, that's fine, but I stand by my comment that it's a bit odd, as the whole point of configurable key commands is that they are user assignable. Why would there be an "anti-use" case for not allowing "select pointer from tools menu" to be configurable? I can only assume that it's an oversight in the programming, as there are literally hundreds and hundreds of obscure and likely rarely user Logic functions that can be freely assigned as key commands.
Cheers,