diff --git a/src/activities/simplepaint/PaintCursor.qml b/src/activities/simplepaint/PaintCursor.qml
--- a/src/activities/simplepaint/PaintCursor.qml
+++ b/src/activities/simplepaint/PaintCursor.qml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* GCompris - PaintItem.qml
+/* GCompris - PaintCursor.qml
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2014 Bruno Coudoin <bruno.coudoin@gcompris.net>
  *
diff --git a/src/activities/simplepaint/Simplepaint.qml b/src/activities/simplepaint/Simplepaint.qml
--- a/src/activities/simplepaint/Simplepaint.qml
+++ b/src/activities/simplepaint/Simplepaint.qml
@@ -39,22 +39,112 @@
         signal start
         signal stop
         focus: true
+        property bool isColorTab: false
+
+        Keys.onUpPressed: {
+            if(isColorTab) {
+                if (--items.current_color<0) {
+                    items.current_color = items.colors.length-1
+                }
+                items.colorSelector = items.colors[items.current_color]
+            }else {
+                if(cursor.iy>0) {
+                cursor.iy--
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Keys.onDownPressed: {
+            if(isColorTab) {
+                if (++items.current_color>items.colors.length-1){
+                    items.current_color = 0
+                }
+                items.colorSelector = items.colors[items.current_color]
+        }else {
+                if(cursor.iy<(Activity.nby-1)) {
+                cursor.iy++
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Keys.onRightPressed: {
+            if(!isColorTab) {
+                if(cursor.ix<(Activity.nbx-1)) {
+                cursor.ix++
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Keys.onLeftPressed: {
+            if(!isColorTab) {
+                if(cursor.ix>0) {
+                cursor.ix--
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Keys.onSpacePressed: spawnBlock()
+
+        Keys.onReturnPressed: spawnBlock()
+
+        Keys.onEnterPressed: spawnBlock()
+
+        Keys.onTabPressed:changeTab()
+
+        function changeTab() {
+            isColorTab = !isColorTab
+            if(isColorTab) {
+                 colorSelector.cellWidth = 60 * ApplicationInfo.ratio+20
+            }else {
+                colorSelector.cellWidth = 60 * ApplicationInfo.ratio
+            }
+        }
+
+        function spawnBlock() {
+            if(!isColorTab) {
+                var block = rootItem.childAt(cursor.x, cursor.y)
+                if(block)
+                    block.touched()
+            }else {
+                changeTab()
+            }
+        }
+
+        function refreshCursor() {
+            cursor.nbx= Activity.nbx
+            cursor.nby=Activity.nby
+        }
 
         Component.onCompleted: {
             activity.start.connect(start)
             activity.stop.connect(stop)
         }
+
+        //Cursor to navigate in cells
+        PaintCursor {
+            id:cursor;
+            initialX: colorSelector.width + 20 * ApplicationInfo.ratio
+            z:1
+            ix: 0
+            iy: 0
+            nbx: 20
+            nby: 10
+            color: items.colors[0]
+        }
+
+
         QtObject {
             id: items
             property alias background: background
             property alias bar: bar
             property alias paintModel: paintModel
             property var colors: bar.level < 10 ? Activity.colorsSimple : Activity.colorsAdvanced
-            property string colorSelector: colors[0]
+            property int current_color:0
+            property string colorSelector: colors[current_color]
             property string backgroundImg: Activity.backgrounds[bar.level - 1]
         }
 
-        onStart: Activity.start(main, items)
+        onStart: Activity.start(main, items, background)
         onStop: Activity.stop()
 
         MultiPointTouchArea {
@@ -84,7 +174,6 @@
         Column {
             id: colorSelectorColumn
             spacing: 2
-
             anchors {
                 left: background.left
                 top: background.top
@@ -197,6 +286,8 @@
                             onClicked: {
                                 activity.audioEffects.play('qrc:/gcompris/src/core/resource/sounds/scroll.wav')
                                 items.colorSelector = modelData
+                                items.current_color=items.colors.indexOf(modelData)
+                                items.colorSelector=items.colors[items.current_color]
                             }
                         }
                     }
@@ -251,6 +342,7 @@
                 displayDialog(dialogHelpLeftRight)
             }
             onReloadClicked: Activity.initLevel()
+
             onPreviousLevelClicked: Activity.previousLevel()
             onNextLevelClicked: Activity.nextLevel()
             onHomeClicked: home()
diff --git a/src/activities/simplepaint/simplepaint.js b/src/activities/simplepaint/simplepaint.js
--- a/src/activities/simplepaint/simplepaint.js
+++ b/src/activities/simplepaint/simplepaint.js
@@ -131,7 +131,10 @@
 var currentLevel = 0
 var numberOfLevel = backgrounds.length
 
-function start(main_, items_) {
+var background
+
+function start(main_, items_, _background) {
+    background=_background
     main = main_
     items = items_
     currentLevel = 0
@@ -146,6 +149,7 @@
     items.paintModel.clear()
     nbx = 20 + currentLevel
     nby = Math.floor(nbx * (main.height / main.width))
+    background.refreshCursor()
 
     var model = []
     for(var ix = 0;  ix < nbx; ++ix) {