Choose what happens when drawing stops
By default, stopping throws the drawing away. Set it to keep the drawing and it comes back, with its undo history, when you start again.
By default, stopping drawing throws the drawing away, and its undo history with it. You can change that so the drawing is kept and comes back the next time you start.
Change the setting
- Click the pen in the menu bar and choose Preferences…
- Go to Stopping.
- Set When drawing stops to one of:
- Throw the drawing away (the default)
- Keep the drawing for next time
What each option does
Either way, your marks leave the screen when you stop, so nothing is left painted over your apps. The setting decides whether they’re gone for good.
| Throw the drawing away | Keep the drawing for next time | |
|---|---|---|
| Screen when you stop | Clear | Clear |
| Drawing when you start again | Blank | Back where you left it |
| Undo history | Gone | Kept: undo reaches back into the last session |
Every way of stopping follows it
The setting applies however drawing stops: the red stop button on the toolbar, ⌥⇧D, Esc, or auto-release.
Kept drawings last until you quit LivePen. Drawings are held in memory only and there’s no way to save one to a file yet.
Still stuck? Email support@livepen.app.