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22. Shortcuts, drag-and-drop and small conveniences

Action How
Smart undo / redo Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z
Copy / paste an item or sublayer Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V with the mouse over the 3D Viewport sidebar
Cancel a drag Esc over the sidebar
Reorder or reparent drag the row
New Image sublayer drag an image from Blender's File Browser onto the sidebar — a new layer with an Image sublayer, or into the selected image-bus layer; Overpaint attempts a filename hint, so verify the channel ribbon after import
New Material layer drag a material from the Asset Browser onto the sidebar — image textures land in image mode, a procedural or mixed material in procedural mode, its node graph mapped to the channels through its Principled BSDF (chapter 7.1)
Apply a filter or generator click it in the OP Filters / OP Generators shelf, or drag a filter_… / generator_… group from the Asset Browser onto the sidebar
Brush stencil drag an image from the File Browser onto the Properties editor
Brush / Erase on-screen buttons Start Buttons / Stop Buttons in the viewport's editor menus (Texture Paint); the arrow keys nudge them
Mapping gizmo (2D view) drag the centre / a corner / an edge / the ring; Shift+corner = uniform scale; Ctrl while rotating = 5-degree snap (step and key in the OP Settings tab)
Floating Overpaint window Open Float Window in the Material Paint panel; close it like any Blender window
Swap a Color / Fill value for an image Use Image in the Node Inspector
Expand / collapse a node's box its header in the Node Inspector's expanded view
Reload the UI icons Refresh Icons (OP Settings ▸ Utilities)
Keep a custom output route Save as Preset (OP Settings ▸ Custom Output Setup)
Keep an export configuration Save in OP Export; the last export is restored automatically
Share a setup Create Setup Asset
Open the four work areas Library, Inspector, Brush or Export at the top of OP Painter