# Quick Access Tool Bar / My Favorite Tools Toolbar **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Tags:** for-tools, for-ui-ux, for-resource-mgmt\ **Created:** [January 16, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118 "2023-01-16T11:22:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/kaichi1342/32/8174_2.png) [@kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/u/kaichi1342)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/1 "2023-01-16T11:22:09Z")
Will edit later for a better proposal / I’m requesting for a split off topic from , [a second brush docker request](https://krita-artists.org/t/add-a-second-brush-docker-so-you-can-easily-mix-and-match-brushes-from-multiple-tags/56039/) From discussion from the above thread, a request for a different docker but with a slight overlap in functionality but totally different solution for different use arise. This thread is to discuss it; Reference post; > [@Add a second brush docker - so you can easily mix and match brushes from multiple tags](https://krita-artists.org/t/add-a-second-brush-docker-so-you-can-easily-mix-and-match-brushes-from-multiple-tags/56039/2): > > If there was an extra docker, I would make it more flexible and not just limited to brushes. Let users throw in there whatever they need. [https://krita-artists.org/t/add-a-second-brush-docker-so-you-can-easily-mix-and-match-brushes-from-multiple-tags/56039/9](https://krita-artists.org/t/add-a-second-brush-docker-so-you-can-easily-mix-and-match-brushes-from-multiple-tags/56039/9) [https://krita-artists.org/t/add-a-second-brush-docker-so-you-can-easily-mix-and-match-brushes-from-multiple-tags/56039/14](https://krita-artists.org/t/add-a-second-brush-docker-so-you-can-easily-mix-and-match-brushes-from-multiple-tags/56039/14) * * * Quick Access Toolbar What is a Quick Access Toolbar? Its lets you save your most use/ favorite tools and brushes and quickly activate them. Tools are save into Sets, each sets has its own brush and tools. What it is for? An ease of use feature. This will allow one to quickly save and load sets of tools and brushes that they use on specific art. i.e. one can create a set called “Anime” and this set contains brushes, patterns, and tools setting that are suitable for the said session. Example UI: ![image](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/c/3/c3d5d7f5395de8a5788890c67fbb01e6cbfda746.png) ---
**Author:** ![kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/kaichi1342/32/8174_2.png) [@kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/u/kaichi1342)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/2 "2023-01-16T03:16:20Z")
Adding my vote for this; but more for a “My Favorite Tools Docker” as suggested by @AndreasResch [should a separate request be made for this?] which in my mind should be able to do the following; 1. Create SETS of favorite tools. - For Sketch [brush at no smoothing, move tool etch] - For Painting [brush at maybe basic smoothing, fill tool, enclose and fill at all layer reference] - For Comics [polygonal tool, fill tool set at pattern] ---- We have fave tools setting dependent on what we do 1. each SET can save tools and brushes and their setting - Save Enclose and Fill , Fill tool, move tool \> with their respective tool option setting. - Save brush with respective tool setting , like what smoothing level it is. - Probably redundant for this function… – not sure to add \> brush preset with the modified setting. ---- will need to modify the api to expose some of this , if it’s going to be by way of plugin. ---
**Author:** ![raghukamath](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/raghukamath/32/59144_2.png) [@raghukamath](https://krita-artists.org/u/raghukamath)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/3 "2023-01-16T03:36:23Z")
Yes i think a separate feature request would be best for this. Also if there is exists a quick access docker request we can discuss it in it. ---
**Author:** ![dreamkeeper](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/dreamkeeper/32/15178_2.png) [@dreamkeeper](https://krita-artists.org/u/dreamkeeper)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/4 "2023-01-16T03:38:29Z")
> [@kaichi1342](#): > > but more for a “My Favorite Tools Docker” as suggested by @AndreasResch > [should a separate request be made for this?] If someone makes a request for this, they’ll have my vote. The original request is too limited imho, and is more supposed to solve a very specific problem (that should be solved differently anyways). ---
**Author:** ![kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/kaichi1342/32/8174_2.png) [@kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/u/kaichi1342)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/5 "2023-01-16T04:23:21Z")
> [@raghukamath](#): > > Yes i think a separate feature request would be best for this. Also if there is exists a quick access docker request we can discuss it in it. > [@Add a second brush docker - so you can easily mix and match brushes from multiple tags](https://krita-artists.org/t/add-a-second-brush-docker-so-you-can-easily-mix-and-match-brushes-from-multiple-tags/56039/11): > > If someone makes a request for this, they’ll have my vote. The original request is too limited imho, and is more supposed to solve a very specific problem (that should be solved differently anyways). I see if I can write a better, more coherent one this evening and split this out from here to there. I know other have better grasp of how this work - in reference to other software. As for myself have no idea of csp/ps at all. 😅, for me this is an offshoot of my previous want which is to be able to make sets for grid options. ---
**Author:** ![Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/u/Hologram)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/6 "2023-01-16T06:30:15Z")
I wasn’t aware of the specifics of CSP’s quick access docker, as I don’t use the software myself. If you have a better description, I can change the OP with that. But how would the Quick Access docker integrate brush tags? Would it only do the favourites tag? ---
**Author:** ![AndreasResch](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/andreasresch/32/35894_2.png) [@AndreasResch](https://krita-artists.org/u/AndreasResch)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/7 "2023-01-16T07:56:02Z")
If there was a Quick Access docker, it should not worry about tags. It should be, as the name says, a conglomerate of things that you often use. Below is a screenshot of my “Quick Access 1” list in CSP (as you can see, I have 4 quick access groups). It contains the stuff that I used a lot. There are erasers at the top, a lot of brushes - pencils as well as normal brushes and textures ones, some FX brushes further down, even flipping and zooming as well as an action at the very bottom). Something like could be useful in Krita as well. Tags should only be relevant for the brush catalog section. ![image](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/f/e/fe023789ea320d0e51aae53623cc722e59ce8bb8.png) ---
**Author:** ![AndreasResch](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/andreasresch/32/35894_2.png) [@AndreasResch](https://krita-artists.org/u/AndreasResch)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/8 "2023-01-16T08:18:38Z")
I quickly fired up Krita an found another issue that would support the implementation of a quick access docker even more. When I click on a brush in the Brush Presets window, while another tool is active (let’s say Calligraphy), nothing happens - the brush is not activated. Why not? If I click on a brush in the Brush Presets, I would want to use it, right? A quick access docker would at least solve that. But overall clicking on a brush in the Brush Preset window should also switch back to the Brush tool. So overall I agree, that relabeling this feature request towards the direction of a quick access docker might appeal to more users. ---
**Author:** ![Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/u/Hologram)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 8:21am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/9 "2023-01-16T08:21:57Z")
I could imagine a preference checkbox to at least load all of the favourite brushes (from the tag) into the quick access docker for people who want that. And I would prefer to have the thumbnails for brushes. The screen space could be used to create custom thumbnails for a tool so you could associate a thumbnail for a particular tool preset (e.g. particular dynamic brush smoothing settings). ---
**Author:** ![AndreasResch](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/andreasresch/32/35894_2.png) [@AndreasResch](https://krita-artists.org/u/AndreasResch)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 8:26am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/10 "2023-01-16T08:26:13Z")
Yeah. That screenshot only shows the items and the functionality. The visual representation should be up to what Krita user are used to or prefer. CSP is a bit weak on the topic of displaying brushes. Definitely something that Krita might handle better. ---
**Author:** ![kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/kaichi1342/32/8174_2.png) [@kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/u/kaichi1342)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 9:40am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/11 "2023-01-16T09:40:39Z")
I think this is better off a separate request? If you are fine with it, I’ll ask @raghukamath to split this off . I think what Hologram want, and what we want with quick access diverge off somewhere. 😅 what you showed with the csp quick access is close to what im envisioning [i don’t really know how it is in csp] but atleast based on what I see here. ---
**Author:** ![Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/u/Hologram)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/12 "2023-01-16T09:59:52Z")
Yeah, sure. No worries if it is indeed split off. Was questioning whether we wanted the same thing or not 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/u/Hologram)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/13 "2023-01-16T11:48:58Z")
@raghukamath all votes were also moved to this topic. Was that intentional? ---
**Author:** ![kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/kaichi1342/32/8174_2.png) [@kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/u/kaichi1342)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/14 "2023-01-16T11:55:44Z")
When i check it after the split the 5 votes is in your thread; atleast in my browser. ---
**Author:** ![Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/u/Hologram)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/15 "2023-01-16T12:04:44Z")
I see that too now. ---
**Author:** ![raghukamath](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/raghukamath/32/59144_2.png) [@raghukamath](https://krita-artists.org/u/raghukamath)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/16 "2023-01-16T12:06:16Z")
The votes for earlier topic is 5 and this topic has 1 I did not split the votes, discourse moves the votes if I move and merge entire topic but this one was partial move so I do not think it moved the votes too. ---
**Author:** ![Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/u/Hologram)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/17 "2023-01-16T12:17:33Z")
It’s all fine now, it was the other way around earlier when I posted. No worries. ---
**Author:** ![kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/kaichi1342/32/8174_2.png) [@kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/u/kaichi1342)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/18 "2023-01-27T14:21:08Z")
@AndreasResch I updated the OP, if you have any mockup or suggestion or a different version, or explanation of this request and how you envision it to work, you can add it here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AndreasResch](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/andreasresch/32/35894_2.png) [@AndreasResch](https://krita-artists.org/u/AndreasResch)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/19 "2023-01-27T14:36:59Z")
I’m not using Krita at the moment, so I’m not too familiar with the UI and it’s limitations or possibilities. So I leave the creation of mockups to more experienced Krita users. I can just tell you, that in CSP you can drag pretty much any tool in that window and it will be displayed there. So a simple icon followed by the tools name (like in my screenshot above) might be a good universal solution that would cover the look of many tools at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/kaichi1342/32/8174_2.png) [@kaichi1342](https://krita-artists.org/u/kaichi1342)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-access-tool-bar-my-favorite-tools-toolbar/56118/20 "2023-01-28T01:43:59Z")
drag and drop would solve the “how to determine which tools will be added” and its simpler. compare to the add selected tool / brush → since first you need to select it and press the add/+ button . my mockup is based on the layout changer. OTH. I don’t think krita has utilize this functionality that much. ATM only the palette squares to fill, and open files are the one i remember that does it.