UI Toolbar

The User Interface Toolbar is located right of the main toolbar, it contains buttons to toggle parts of the user interface. The UI toolbar is not customisable.

Colour Selectors Menu (three circles)

Colour → <various>, or Window → Colour Adjusters

• The entries in this menu open different kinds of colour selector dock-panels. Each dock-panel gives you a different way of changing the painting colour. Read more

Brush Groups Menu (three brushes)

Brush → Brush Groups or Window → Brush Groups

• The entries in this menu open different brush group dock-panels. Each dock-panel allows you to change the brush you paint with. Read more

Tool Options Panel (cog)

Edit → Show Tool Options Panel

• This panel shows options for the current tool. Read more

Layers Panel (stack of paper)

Layer → Show Layers Panel, or L

• This panel shows the layers tree (layer stack) for your working document. Read more

Scratchpad Panel (clipboard)

Scratchpad → Show Scratchpad Panel, or Shift+S

• This panel is a little area where you can work on thumbnail sketches, stash references, or make palettes. Scratchpads can be saved and loaded independently of the main working doc. Read more

Preview Panel (camera viewfinder)

View → Preview, or Shift+P

• The preview panel shows an overview of the entire document, and a viewfinder showing where you’re zoomed to. Read more

History Panel (clock)

Edit → Recent Brushes and Colours

• The history panel shows a short timeline of recent brushes and colours. Read more

View → Fullscreen, or F11

• This button makes MyPaint take up the whole screen, or gets you out of fullscreen mode when it’s active. Read more