Manual

Chart Editor

Learn the main areas of the StitchSketchEx chart editor.

StitchSketchEx User Manual

The Chart Editor

Useful Mouse/Key operations:

  • Mouse Wheel: Vertical Scroll
  • Mouse Wheel + Shift Key: Horizontal Scroll
  • Mouse Wheel + Ctrl Key: Zoom
  • Mouse + Space Key: Pan
  • Ctrl + Z (Cmd + Z): Undo
  • Ctrl + Shift + Z (Cmd + Shift + Z): Redo

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  1. Top menu bar
  2. Tool bar
  3. Tool options bar
    The buttons in this bar depend on the selected toolbar tool.

  4. Sidebar buttons
  5. Sidebar section
    This section changes depending on the selected sidebar button.

Top menu

  1. File menu
  2. Save
    • If the file has been modified, a * symbol is shown next to the icon.
    • If the chart does not have a file name yet, a file save dialog box appears.
  3. Print Preview
  4. Chart operation (a popup menu)
  5. Undo/Redo
  6. View Option (a popup menu)

Toolbar

Click a tool to select it. Click the selected tool again to show an additional popup menu with related tools.

  1. Hand Tool
  2. Selection Tool
  3. Eraser
  4. Drawing Tool
  5. Backstitch/Vector Drawing
  6. Color Picker
  7. Current drawing color
  1. Color Palette
  2. Quick Color List
  3. Color List Manager
  4. Layers
  5. Comments
  6. History