Mousepad yana nufin zama edita mai sauƙin amfani da sauri. Manufar mu shine edita don gyara fayilolin rubutu da sauri, ba yanayin ci gaba ko edita tare da ɗimbin plugins ba. A gefe guda muna ƙoƙarin yin amfani da sabbin abubuwan GTK da ake da su, wanda ke nufin cewa idan GTK ya ƙara sabon abu a cikin babban sakin da ke da amfani ga edita, wataƙila za mu lalata dogaron GTK kuma mu haɗa wannan sabon fasalin a cikin Mousepad.

Maganar zaɓin da aka nuna a sama ita ce hanya mafi sauƙi don saita saitunan Mousepad. Wasu daga cikinsu kuma ana iya samun su ta hanyar menu, misali. "Wrap Word" da "Auto Indent" a cikin menu "Takardu".