Select the Edge tool by pressing e on your keyboard or clicking it in the toolbar.
Typical Uses
- Drawing walls of buildings in open areas.
- Drawing doors and windows in dungeons.
- Marking spell effects and difficult terrain.
Individual Actions
With the Edge tool selected you can:
Draw an edge by clicking.
Draw a line of edges by clicking and dragging.
Clear an edge by Alt-Clicking or Right-Clicking.
Clear a line of edges by Alt-Clicking and dragging or Right-Clicking and dragging.
Outline a group of cells sharing the same color by Shift-Clicking.
Clear the outline of a group of cells sharing the same color by Alt+Shift-Clicking.
Draw edges around a rectangle by Shift-Clicking and dragging.
Clear all edges within a rectangle by Shift-Alt-Clicking and dragging. You can also Shift-Right-Click and Drag, but this won’t work in Firefox because Shift-Right-Click always brings up the context menu.
Area Fill Shape
By default, Shift+Drag draws edges around a rectangle. You can toggle between Rectangle and Ellipse area fills using the “Area Fill” button that appears at the bottom of the screen when the Edge tool is selected. In ellipse mode, Shift+Drag draws edges around an elliptical area.