How to use the Fill tool (on Desktop)

Select the Fill tool by pressing f on your keyboard or clicking it in the toolbar.

Typical Uses

  • Drawing passageways in dungeons.
  • Drawing scenery in open areas.
  • Marking spell effects or difficult terrain.

Individual Actions

With the Fill tool selected, you can:

Fill a cell with the selected color by clicking. Click and drag to fill multiple cells.

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Clear cells (ie: return to the background color) by Alt-Clicking or Right-Clicking

Fill_RClick

Flood fill a group of cells sharing the same color by Shift-Clicking.

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Clear a group of cells sharing the same color by holding Alt and Shift-Clicking. You can also Shift-Right-Click, but this won’t work in Firefox because Shift-Right-Click always brings up the context menu.

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Fill a rectangle of cells with the selected color by Shift-Click and Dragging

Fill_Shift

Clear a rectangle of cells by Shift-Alt-Click 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.

Fill_RShift

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