Canvas workflow

Hotkeys

Every default shortcut, grouped by what it does. All of them — including tool keys — can be rebound from Settings → Hotkeys to a key, a mouse button (MMB / RMB / Mouse4 / Mouse5, or Ctrl/Shift/Alt+LMB), or the wheel. Plain left click is reserved for painting and UI. Right-click a toolbar icon to edit just that tool. Click vs Hold are two buttons in the editor (baked hold actions stay Hold).

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One key (or a rebound mouse button) switches the active tool. Set the binding to Hold in the Hotkey Editor to use it only while pressed. unassigned means the tool ships with no default chord.

PencilB

RepaintR

EraserE

SmoothShift+S

SmudgeS

DodgeD

Burnunassigned

CloneC

SharpenJ

Dither brush;

Bucket fillF

Gradient fillG

LineL

RectangleU

EllipseO

Select / moveM

Lasso selectQ

Colour rangeW

EyedropperI

StampN

TextT

MoveV

Hold modifiers

Pressed and held while dragging, instead of tapped once. Freeing a modifier reverts the temporary behavior.

Temporary eyedropperSample a color from any paint tool without switching

Althold

Interactive brush sizeMove the cursor while held to resize the brush

Ctrlhold

Repaint: lock to first colorOnly recolors pixels matching the first click

Ctrlhold

Flip horizontalStamp, Text and Move (sprite) while placing/dragging

Althold

Flip verticalStamp, Text, Move (sprite) and an active selection move

Ctrlhold

Rotate 15°Stamp, Text and Move (sprite) — move the cursor while held

Shifthold

Selection move: flip horizontalWhile dragging an active selection frame

Althold

Pan the canvasUnbound by default — use the middle mouse button instead

unassigned

Edit & selection

Undo

CtrlZ

Redo

CtrlShiftZ

Redo (alt)

CtrlY

Copy selection

CtrlC

Cut selection

CtrlX

Paste

CtrlV

Delete selection

Cancel selection transform

Esc

Mirror selection XWith no marquee, flips selected layers instead

ShiftH

Mirror selection YWith no marquee, flips selected layers instead

ShiftV

Rotate selection 90° CW

Ctrl]

Rotate selection 90° CCW

Ctrl[

Move selection to new layer

CtrlJ

Move selection to new layer (all layers)

CtrlShiftJ

Rename under cursor

Color picker (under cursor)

View & canvas

Zoom canvas

Wheel

Toggle grid

AltG

Toggle tiled preview X

ShiftX

Toggle tiled preview Y

ShiftY

Toggle Play Animation

Space

Nudge / step frameMoves the selection 1px if one is active, otherwise steps the animation frame

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Layers

Flip selected layers horizontalAny tool; paint + sprite; whole multi-select

Flip selected layers verticalAny tool; paint + sprite; whole multi-select

New folder (group selection)

ShiftG

Merge Down / merge selected

CtrlE

Frame selected layerLayers panel only

Panels & windows

Only the four most-used panels ship with a default chord — everything else (Preview, Stamp library, Presets, Atlas browser…) is unbound until you assign one.

Bound by default

Alt1 Tools
Alt2 Tool Settings
Alt3 Layers
Alt4 Animation

Assign one of your own

Right-click a panel's header → Edit Hotkey…
Or File menu → Panels… lists every panel with its current chord
A bound chord shows next to the panel name in that list

Everything else

Ships unassigned by default — pick your own from Settings → Hotkeys if you use them often: reset view, split-view toggle, onion skin, symmetry X/Y, sample-all-layers (Bucket/Gradient/Range), gradient dither/region-limit toggle, dither pattern cycle/erase, brush shape toggle, brush size by wheel, import sprite atlas.

Conflicts — assigning a key or mouse button already in use flags the clash instead of silently overwriting it. Click and Hold may share one chord. Hold-only modifiers (flip/rotate, brush resize, temporary eyedropper) are the other exception: several can share the same chord since they only ever fire one at a time, on whichever tool is active.