Polygon tool
Shortcut: Y. The Polygon tool draws regular polygons — and stars, when
star mode is on.
How to use it
Section titled “How to use it”Press, drag and release to define the polygon’s bounding box. While dragging:
- Shift — constrain to a regular (evenly sized) polygon.
- Alt — draw from the center instead of a corner.
- Esc — cancel the current shape without inserting it.
The tool stays active after each shape, so you can keep drawing; press V
(Select) or Esc to leave it. New shapes start with a 1px black stroke and no
fill — apply a fill afterwards in the Inspector. A near-zero drag is ignored.
Tool Options
Section titled “Tool Options”| Option | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Fill | color / none | Fill color for the next shape (with a no-fill toggle) |
| Stroke | color | Stroke (outline) color |
| Stroke width | 0–200 | Outline thickness |
| Sides | 3–32 (default 6) | Number of polygon sides |
| Star mode | on / off | Draw a pointed star instead of a regular polygon |
| Star inner radius | 0.1–0.95 | (Star mode only) how deep the star’s points cut in |
| Reset | — | Restore the default options |
Tips & interactions
Section titled “Tips & interactions”- Set Sides before drawing — e.g. 3 for a triangle, 5 for a pentagon.
- Turn on Star mode and lower the inner radius for sharper star points.
- To reshape a polygon freely, convert it to a path and edit its anchors with the Direct Select tool.
See the tools overview and vector editing basics.