Image editing · Stream Deck plugin

Microsoft Paint Commander

Commands land through Windows UI Automation, pressing Paint's own buttons, menus and sliders by identity rather than firing blind keystrokes at whatever window is in front. It reads Paint back too, so when a value cannot be read the deck says so instead of guessing.

86commands
10categories
6dials
6bundled profiles

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What it does

86 commands across 10 remappable categories: Tools, File, Edit, View, Image, three shape categories covering all 23 shapes, and two colour categories for one-press swatches. Every key wears purpose-drawn art.
Six live dials. Brush size, opacity and zoom ride their own encoders and show the value Paint holds right now, re-read after every change. Colour browses Paint's 20 palette colours, Tool browses its 8 tools, and Shape browses all 23, each browsing without changing anything until you press.
The Tool dial's strip marks the tool Paint is actually using, so it stays right whether you switched from the deck, the toolbar or the keyboard. Live keys dim to show a measured no, never a failed guess.
Every command key supports custom hotkey capture: press Capture in the property inspector, type your own combo, and the key sends that instead, so remapped setups keep working. Command keys also work inside Multi Actions.
Six bundled profiles with Easy Link on each. The big decks put two categories on every page with hub keys down both edges, so any category is one press away rather than a page-flip tour.

What you need

Windows 11 with the modern Paint app, built and verified against Microsoft Paint 11.2605.81.0, and Stream Deck software 6.9 or newer. Not the legacy Windows 10 mspaint, and not Paint 3D.

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Good to know

Built and verified against Microsoft Paint 11.2605.81.0, the modern Paint app on Windows 11. Not the legacy Windows 10 mspaint and not Paint 3D. Requires the Stream Deck app 6.9 or newer. Profiles are bundled for six decks: the 15-key Stream Deck, the Stream Deck +, the Stream Deck + XL, the 32-key Stream Deck XL, the Mini and the Neo.
The Stream Deck + seats four of the six dials out of the box and the Stream Deck + XL seats all six. Any dial can be dragged onto any encoder.
Commands go through UI Automation rather than keystrokes, so keep Paint open and in front. With Paint closed, the status key and the dial strips say so rather than showing a stale value.
Runs entirely on your machine: no account, no cloud, no telemetry.

True of every plugin we make

Every key carries the app's own shortcut for that command, and every key is remappable. Type your combination into the property inspector or click Capture and press it once. Where an app leaves a command unbound, the key still reaches it by the route that app exposes.
Keystrokes go to the front window and nothing steals focus, so keep the target app in front when you press.
Every command has its own drawn key art, so the deck reads at a glance instead of listing shortcuts.

Read the full quick fixes, or see this plugin on the support hub.

Still stuck? Email [email protected] with the plugin name, your Stream Deck software version, and what you pressed versus what happened. A human answers.