Settings

Choose Paint S > Settings… from the menu bar to open the Settings window.

The Settings window includes the following options:

The Settings window is a single panel; changes take effect immediately, except for Autosave, which requires a restart.

• Canvas Grid: Configure the grid spacing (default: 1,000) and color. The spacing can be measured in pixels, inches, cm, mm, percent of canvas size, or feet.

  Tips

  To show or hide the grid, choose View > Show Canvas Grid (⌘D).

  If the grid spacing is too small, it may not display. Zoom in to see the grid.

• Automatically select Move tool after adding objects: When enabled (default), the app switches to the Move tool immediately after you draw a new shape or object. (Recommended)

• Snap automatically when moving and resizing objects (default: on): When enabled, objects will snap to the canvas edges and other objects for precise alignment.

  Tips

  You can temporarily toggle snapping behavior by holding down the Option (⌥) key while moving or resizing an object.

• Do not show action tips: Disables the brief on-screen notifications that appear when you perform actions like Undo or Redo. By default, these tips are shown.

• Zoom canvas to fit when opening large images: Automatically scales large images to fit within your screen when opened.

• Autosave documents: Automatically saves your progress to prevent data loss.

  Tips

  This feature requires the full-featured version.

  Important

  You must restart the app for changes to this setting to take effect.

• Experimental Features (default: on): Enables new, beta features, such as the Polygonal Selection tool. (Recommended)

• Cursor of Tools: Choose how the pointer looks for drawing tools: Crosshair (default), Tool Icon, or Arrow.

• Automatically check for updates (default: on): Checks for new versions of the app on launch.