Footer bar

The Footer Bar is the entire strip at the bottom of the [[main window|v1.2 User Interface]]. It consists of a status bar, and clusters of controls for changing the brush and colour used for painting.

• Status bar
• Brush controls
• Colour controls

Status bar

The status bar at the bottom of the main window shows the current tool, and also the canvas’s zoom and rotation.

Colour controls

The colour controls are clustered into the bottom left of the footer bar. You can change the painting colour here, pick a colour off the canvas, or bookmark the current colour to the palette.

• Eye Dropper button :new: Since MyPaint 1.2.0
  • Lets you quickly pick a colour to paint with from the canvas.
  • The R key, and pressing ALT+LMB offer similar functionality.
  • Main article: [[v1.2 Pick Colour]]
• Current and Previous Colour indicator and menu (Colour → Change Colour…, or press C.)
  • These two coloured rectangles show the current brush colour, and the colour previously painted with.
  • Click the left-hand (current colour) swatch for a pop-up menu full of colour selectors.
  • The popup menu is the one revealed by the C key.
  • Click the right-hand (previous colour) swatch to revert back to that colour.
  • Main article: [[v1.2 Colour Selector Popup]]
• Edit Colour Details button
  • Opens the Set Current Colour popup window
  • Change the numeric values of the current colour
  • Main article: [[v1.2 Numeric Colour values]]
• Add Colour to Palette button (Colour → Add Colour to Palette)
  • Click this to add the current brush colour to the palette.
  • The palette will open in a sidebar panel if it isn’t already open.
  • Main article: [[v1.2 Palette]]

Brush controls

The brush controls are clustered into the bottom right of the footer bar. You can change your brush here, or pick a brush and layer from the canvas to continue work there.

• Current Brush indicator and menu (Brush → Change Brush…, or press B.)
  • Shows the current brush’s icon.
  • Click the icon to reveal a pop-up menu from which every brush group is available.
  • The popup menu is the one revealed by the B key.
  • Main article: [[v1.2 Brush groups]]
• Pick Stroke and Layer button
  • Allows you to pick a brushstroke from the screen.
  • If the stroke is on a different layer, MyPaint will switch to that layer.
  • Invisible and locked layers (and their brushstrokes) can’t be picked this way.
  • Not every kind of image has a strokemap.
  • The W key offers similar functionality.
  • Main article: [[v1.2 Pick Stroke and Layer]]