Trouble with crop tool

i think i may have hit a key or combination of keys that did something in pse. Now when i try to use the crop tool, and click the green check mark... my project that I am working on just turns in to a grey box in my project bin and disapears from the work area!! ugh! what did i do wrong?!

In the crop tool's option bar, top left, there is a tiny arrow. Click on that and reset the tool.
Report back with your progress.

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