Flash glossary: Rectangle tool
The Rectangle tool in Adobe Flash Professional enables you to create basic square geometric shapes and apply strokes and fills; you can also specify rounded corners. In addition to the Merge and Object drawing modes, the Oval and Rectangle tools provide the Primitive Object drawing mode.
To access the Rectangle tool, select it in the Tools panel. Then you can do the following:
- To draw a perfectly symmetrical square, hold down the Shift key when dragging the Rectangle tool on the Stage.
- To draw the rectangle shape from the center (rather than from the left corner), hold down the Alt key (Windows) or the Option key (Mac OS).
- After drawing the rectangle, you can use the Free Transform tool or the Subselection tool to modify the rectangle's path.
- To select and reposition the rectangle without changing its path, use the Selection tool.
To learn more about working with the Rectangle tool, see the section titled Draw simple lines and shapes in the Flash documentation.
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