The topmost section of this editor tab allows for changing the brush settings used for painting map elements (e.g. sands, creeper).
The toggles in this section allow for painting the selected feature using the brush settings above.
When one of those four options is selected, the editor painting brush will be activated, and you can click on the level to paint the selected option. Holding SHIFT will instead delete the selected option instead of painting it. Deselecting these options will turn back to the regular gameplay cursor.
If you hold CTRL, and click and hold left mouse button at the starting point, then release the mouse at the end point, you can paint straight lines:
Holding SHIFT at the same time will instead erase the selected option in a straight line.
The last section has useful buttons for controlling the map.