Make Eyedropper Set Foreground Color not Background

How do you make color selections/sampling like with the Eyedropper set the Foreground color?
It was always that way before CS3 unless I accidentally changed a pref unknowingly.
Now when I select/sample color it sets the background color.
I looked, but couldn't find a pref setting for this.
Thanks

I think Kath meant to point you toward this entry in the FAQ section:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/421402?tstart=0

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