Parsley's Magic Brush

A drawing and annotation board for your classroom IWB. Add freehand strokes, text, shapes, and searched images across multiple pages. Everything stays in the browser — nothing is sent to a server except image searches.

Tools

Draw D Freehand pencil tool. The panel shows stroke size presets, opacity slider, stroke colour grid, and optional path fill colour. Re-tap the Draw button to show/hide the panel. Includes To Text and To Image wand buttons for handwriting recognition.
Select S Tap an object to select it, then drag to move or use the handles to resize and rotate. The action bar above a selected object gives access to layering, locking, opacity, crop (images), and delete.
Text T Tap the canvas to place a text box, or drag to set its width. The panel offers bold, italic, three size presets, and tabs for colour, font family, and background colour. Double-tap a word while editing to select it.
Shape R Drag to draw a shape. The panel lets you pick Rectangle, Square, Circle, Ellipse, or Triangle, plus stroke colour, stroke size, fill colour, and fill opacity.
Images I Opens the image search popup. Type a query, hit Search, and the first result is placed on the canvas. A thumbnail strip (QI panel) appears below or beside the image so you can swap to a different result.

Image Search

Search popupType a word or phrase and tap Search (or press Enter). The best match is placed on the canvas automatically.
QI panelA strip of thumbnail alternatives appears attached to the placed image. Tap any thumbnail to swap the image on the canvas.
MoreTap the More button in the QI panel to load the next batch of results.
Photo / Art / VectorType switcher in both the search popup and the QI panel. Switches between photographic images, illustrations, and vector graphics from the same query.
Swap on re-selectSelecting a placed image re-opens its QI panel, so you can swap or browse further at any time.

Handwriting Recognition (HWR)

Draw strokesWrite or sketch on the canvas in Draw mode. Your recent strokes are collected as the input.
To TextTap the wand button labelled "To text" in the Draw panel. The strokes are sent for recognition and the result appears as a text object on the canvas.
To ImageTap "To image" instead to use the recognised word as an image search query — the top result is placed directly on the canvas.

Pages

Page tabsTabs run along the bottom of the screen. Tap a tab to switch to that page.
Add pageTap the + button at the right of the tab bar.
DuplicateTap the duplicate icon on the active tab to copy the current page.
RenameDouble-tap a tab label to edit it inline. Press Enter or tap away to confirm; Escape to cancel.
DeleteTap the × on the active tab. The last remaining page cannot be deleted.
Three-finger swipeSwipe left for the next page, right for the previous page. Hold for 120–600 ms to trigger (avoids accidental flips).

Touch Gestures

Single tapDraw mode: tap an object to select it. Tap empty canvas to draw a dot (if tap-to-select is off).
Double-tap (empty canvas)Place a text object at that point. If zoomed in, resets zoom to 1×.
Double-tap (editing text)Selects the tapped word.
Two-finger pinchZoom in/out (0.25× – 8×) around the midpoint.
Two-finger panMove the viewport. Activates when spread stays within 8% of the start.
Three-finger swipe leftNext page.
Three-finger swipe rightPrevious page.

Three-finger swipe requires a 120–600 ms hold to avoid accidental triggers.

Keyboard Shortcuts

DDraw tool
SSelect tool
TText tool
RShape tool
IImage search
Ctrl+ZUndo
Ctrl+Shift+ZRedo
Delete / BackspaceDelete selected object
EscapeDeselect / cancel current operation
Ctrl+C / Ctrl+VCopy / Paste selected object

Crop

Select an image, then tap the crop button in the action bar above it. Choose Rect, Circle, or Freehand mode. Crop is destructive — the original is replaced. Rotation must be 0° before cropping.