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Drawing Tools

The drawing tool (D key) lets you sketch directly on the canvas. Use it for annotations, arrows, circles, or any freeform markup.

  • Click and drag to draw strokes
  • Click without dragging to place a dot
  • Strokes are smoothed with Catmull-Rom curve interpolation for natural-looking lines

When the draw tool is active, the settings bar appears with:

  • Color - 7 preset colors (gray, red, blue, green, orange, purple, pink)
  • Thickness - 1px to 12px slider
  • Eraser - Toggle eraser mode to remove individual strokes
  • Clear All - Remove all drawings from the canvas

Two ways to erase:

  1. Eraser toggle - Click the eraser button in the settings bar. Click near any stroke to remove it.
  2. Right-click - Right-click near any stroke in draw mode to erase it.

The eraser uses segment-aware hit detection, so it works reliably even on straight lines between sampled points.

  • Drawing mode disables component and group selection so your strokes flow uninterrupted over existing content
  • Middle-click still pans the canvas in draw mode
  • Drawings are saved with your canvas state and included in JSON exports