Ellipse

Square bounds give a circle. As with a rectangle, fill and outline are separate and either can be Transparent.

An ellipse is decoration, drawn to whatever shape its bounds describe: square bounds give a circle, wider bounds an oval. Like every shape it reads no tags, writes nothing, and never intercepts a press.

Adding the control

1. Open the document and select the screen you want from the screen tabs.
2. In the control palette, press Ellipse and drag it onto the canvas.
3. Hold it to a square to get a circle; the grid makes that easy to judge.

Properties

Property	Description	Default
Fill	Interior color, or Transparent.	transparent
Outline	Border color, or Transparent.	muted content
Outline width	Border thickness in pixels.	2

Related

• Rectangle — for boxing a group of controls.
• Line — a rule rather than an enclosure.
• Indicator — when the shape needs to mean something, rather than mark something.