How to make delete turn the selection white instead of removing the area

[onlyggifiwin]

I want it to behave like Microsoft Paint where deleting just makes the selection turn white. I don't want delete to turn the selection area into a transparent area. This is because when I use the image in a pdf, I get annoying boxes like such

 

[Pixey]

@onlyggifiwin welcome to the forum

 

You can do that by:

 

With white as your first color, and the area selected (after you delete the area) press "backspace' and it will become white.

[Rick Brewster]

You might also try turning off antialiasing in the toolbar

[Ego Eram Reputo]

5 hours ago, Pixey said:

With white as your first color, and the area selected (after you delete the area) press "backspace' and it will become white.

 

You can use Shift + Backspace to fill a selection with white (white is the default Secondary color).

 

Ref: https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/KeyboardMouseCommands.html#21

[Pixey]

33 minutes ago, Ego Eram Reputo said:

 

You can use Shift + Backspace to fill a selection with white (white is the default Secondary color).

 

Ahh - thank you   I've never tried it myself, so now know no need to change the color 😁

[onlyggifiwin]

I ended up using AHK to remap my delete key to send Shift + Backspace. Disabling anti-aliasing did not work.