Desktop Doodle 🎨🖌️

Version 0.2 – Your always-on-top sketchpad

Desktop Doodle is a lightweight, floating, always‑on‑top sketchpad for Windows.
Draw, erase, type text (it now supports RTL languages too), and edit images with a clean, custom‑styled interface.
Designed for quick notes, annotations, mockups, or just doodling over your desktop.

Desktop doodle works in two modes:

• Freehand: just click and drag as always.
• Straight line: hold Shift while dragging. You'll see a dashed preview, and when you release, a solid straight line is drawn from the start point to the end point.
• This feature works with both Pen and Eraser.

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Figure 1: A snapshot of the app: DesktopDoodle, version 0.0, while painting.	Figure 2: A snapshot of the new version of the app: DesktopDoodle, version 0.1, while defining data pipeline.
Figure 3: A snapshot of the app: DesktopDoodle, version 0.2, while painting with lots of pens, two layers, and import.

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✨ What's New in Version 0.2

• 🖊️ 12 Professional Pens – Pencil, Calligraphy, Highlighter, Pixel, Airbrush, Chalk, Watercolor, Glitter, Ink, Pattern, Smudge, and Eraser – all refined and polished.
• 📋 Improved Clipboard – Copy and paste with external apps (Paint, etc.) while preserving transparency.
• 🎯 Selection Tools – Select All (Ctrl+A) and Content-Aware Selection (Ctrl+Shift+A).
• 📐 Layer Enhancements – Foreground/Background layers with opacity controls.
• ⚡ Performance – Zoom cache improvements for smoother drawing.
• 🧽 Enhanced Eraser – Works seamlessly on both layers (transparent on foreground, solid on background).
• 🔄 Undo/Redo – Fully layer-aware for all drawing and editing actions.
• 🚀 Single-File Publish – No extra DLLs; everything is embedded in one .exe.

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🎨 Features

🖊️ Drawing Tools

Pen	Description
Pencil	Classic, smooth, everyday sketching.
Calligraphy	Elegant, angle‑sensitive strokes.
Highlighter	Soft, translucent, semi‑transparent.
Pixel	Retro, crisp, blocky pixel art.
Airbrush	Soft, misty, spray‑style.
Chalk	Dusty, organic, textured.
Watercolor	Fluid, blooming, fading gently.
Glitter	Sparkly, playful, shimmering.
Ink	Speed‑sensitive, flowing fountain pen style.
Pattern	Motifs: Circle, Star, Heart, Spiral, Triweave, Petal.
Smudge	Soft, blending, finger‑painting style.
Eraser	Clears to transparency or canvas colour.

🎯 Selection & Editing

• Select, Move, Resize, Rotate – Full control over selections.
• Cut, Copy, Paste – With transparency support.
• Select All – Ctrl+A selects the entire canvas.
• Content-Aware Selection – Ctrl+Shift+A selects only painted pixels.
• Arrow Keys – Move selection by 1px (Shift+Arrow = 10px).
• Delete – Clears selection content.

📐 Layers

• Foreground Layer – Transparent by default, for main drawing.
• Background Layer – Solid colour, for canvas texture.
• Visibility Toggles – Show/hide each layer.
• Opacity Controls – Independent sliders for each layer.

🔄 Undo / Redo

• Fully layer‑aware.
• Supports all drawing and editing actions.
• Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y.

🖼️ File Support

Format	Save	Load	Import
PNG	✅	✅	✅
JPEG	✅	✅	✅
BMP	✅	✅	✅
GIF	✅	✅	✅
TIFF	✅	✅	✅
SVG	❌	❌	✅

🖥️ UI Features

• Custom Title Bar – Drag to move, close button.
• Tray Icon – Show, New, Clear, Save, Exit.
• Floating Panels – Pen Settings and Layer Opacity.
• Zoom / Pan – Smooth and stable.
• Grid – Toggle on/off.
• Status Bar – Shows cursor position and zoom level.

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⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+O	Load Image
Ctrl+Shift+F	Float Selection
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Y	Redo
Ctrl+C	Copy Selection
Ctrl+X	Cut Selection
Ctrl+V	Paste
Ctrl+A	Select All
Ctrl+Shift+A	Select Content Bounds
Delete	Clear Selection Content
Escape	Clear Selection
Arrow Keys	Move Selection (1px)
Shift+Arrow	Move Selection (10px)
Ctrl+Arrow	Rotate Selection (5°)
Ctrl+R	Rotate Selection (90°)

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This archive includes the executable program: DesktopDoodle.exe, which is suitable for Windows 10 and over. You should click on the executable to run.

Download the archive for win64