Clicking on most controls in a toolbox opens a floating editor. These boxes can be moved by clicking and dragging them.
They allow you to easily make changes to your composition.

Alternatively, you can access the same controls by clicking on the Settings hover, which will allow you to dock the controls anywhere on your screen.

Here is an example of a floating editor. It will display all available options for changing a selected component of your canvas.

Things you should know about editors include:

Changing parameter values
Parameters that appear in bold can be changed by clicking on them, which will cause a bar to appear. Simply move the mouse over the label, press the left mouse button, and drag left and right; the value of the parameter will be updated interactively.

Alternatively, you can click on the label (as opposed to dragging it). This will open a pop-up window that allows you to enter a value for the parameter directly, or reset to the default value:

Moving editors
To move an editor, drag it by the title bar to anywhere on the canvas.

Docking and pinning editors
You can specify how your editors will behave when not in active use.

Editors disappear when you no longer need them.
If you would like to have an editor remain up despite completing your changes, press the 'pin' button:

This will 'pin the editor up':

In this state, the editor will remain open until you press this button again to 'unpin' it.

Using the '=' button
There will be many occasions where you want changes made to one frame to apply to all; for example, having all frames share a blue border color.

Click on the '=' button, which appears at the top right of the editor:

In this case, clicking this button will make all images properties match the current values of the selected frame.

Tip for Extreme users: if you have a multi-page project, and would like to change editor properties across the entire project simultaneously, hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard while clicking the = button.

This is useful in the following circumstances:

Note: if you have a mix of papers and background fills on your canvas, do not use this feature. eg. if you change the tint on one paper and apply to all, any pages with canvas background fill will become transparent as the paper will have 0 on the background opacity.
 
 

Working with Presets
Clicking on the '>>' button exposes tools for working with presets.

A preset is a set of saved values for the parameters in the current editor. Using presets allows you to save a series of settings you like, and call them up to quickly set values.

To save a preset:

To apply a preset

Consult the section entitled Changing the Default Settings to learn how to reset your editors to your own specifications.

Multiple Selection
FotoFusion does an excellent job of handling multiple selection; you can select several frames, add text to them all with a single click, and then change the font for all text without breaking stride.

You can select all items on the canvas simultaneously by hitting Ctrl-A on your keyboard, or
by clicking on the Selection icons on the tool bar.

The Select All Items Icon will select all like items on the canvas as the one selected item (eg. all image frames, all text frames).

The Selected Item button will present a list of frame types to choose from.

You can manually multiple select items by holding the Ctrl key as you click on the items you wish included in the group. Once you have finished selection items, the appropriate dialogue box will appear (e.g. frames, text, etc.) and you can begin editing the items, or you can copy-paste or duplicate the items.