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- Circle Tool (Toolbox)
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- KEYBOARD = c Unfilled circle
- SHIFT C Filled circle
- SHIFT I C Outlined Filled circle
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- REMEMBER: c for "circle"
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- DEMONSTRATION AVAILABLE -> `Circle_Tool.sdemo`
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- Paints an Unfilled or Filled circular shape using the current brush.
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- Using the Left Mouse Button paints with the current foreground color. The
- Right Mouse Button paints with the current background color.
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- The upper left half of the Circle's icon selects the Unfilled option which
- only draws a circular outline using the current brush and the current
- settings of the Spacing requester (which is displayed by clicking in this
- area with the Right Mouse button; see Line lesson). The bottom right half
- selects the Filled option which uses the current settings of the Fill Type
- requester ( which is displayed by clicking in this area with the Right
- Mouse button; see Fill lesson).
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- If you hold down the SHIFT key while painting with this tool, movement will
- be constrained (locked) horizontally or vertically, depending on the
- direction the mouse is moved after initially pressing SHIFT.
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- Pressing the CTRL key while painting with this tool will leave "traces".
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- Pressing "i" while selecting the Filled Circle tool -- or pressing SHIFT,
- followed by i, followed by c -- allows you to create filled circle shapes
- that become outlined using the settings of the Spacing requester.
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- SEE -> `Line` tool for details on the Spacing requester
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