The context bar shows specific options for the active tool. It also changes depending on the state of the active document (e.g. when the selection is moved). You can find the context bar directly above the sprite editor view:
This is the context bar for the Pencil tool:
The context bar for most painting tools looks similar to this, with a few options added or removed.
See the brushes section.
The brush size (in pixels). To quickly change the size of the brush, you can use Ctrl+Alt and drag.
See the ink section.
See the dynamics section.
Enables/disables pixel-perfect strokes.
While it isn't an option in the pencil tool, you can find the opacity option in some of the other painting tools. This changes the transparency of the tool, with 100% being fully opaque and 0% being fully transparent.
See the selection section for selecting and the rotation section for rotating and pivot.
The Transparent Color option allows you to change the transparent color for the selection.
In the Transparent Color Options, you can change whether the transparent color in the selection is opaque or transparent. Shown above is transparent mode.
See the move selection section.
See the eyedropper section.
The paint bucket tolerance adjusts if a similar color will be filled, with 0 being only the exact color will be filled and 255 being all colors will be filled.
Contiguous mode toggles between only selecting connected pixels of the same color or all pixels of the same color.
| Stop at grid | When in Contiguous mode and when the grid is enabled, stop filling at a grid line. |
| Refer active layer | Fills based on the active layer. |
| Refer visible layers | Fills based on the visible layers. The filled area is still on the active layer, so the visible layers act as masks. |
| 4-Pixel Connectivity | When in Contiguous mode, don't treat diagonal pixels as connected. |
| 8-Pixel Connectivity | When in Contiguous mode, treat diagonal pixels as connected. |
The Gradient tool has the same options the Paint Bucket has, along with these extra ones.
Toggles between a linear and radial gradient.
- No dithering
- Bayer Matrix 2x2
- Bayer Matrix 4x4
- Bayer Matrix 8x8
See the Text Tool section.
Selects layers based on which layer the clicked content is on.
See the slices section.
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