Applying color using the toolbox
Use the Fill and Stroke boxes in the toolbox to select an object's fill and stroke, to swap the fill color with the stroke color, and to return the fill and stroke to their default colors. To switch between fill and stroke as the active selection, press x on the keyboard. To swap the fill and stroke colors of a selected object, press Shift+x.
Below the Fill and Stroke boxes are the Color, Gradient, and None buttons. You use these buttons to change the selected fill or stroke to a color, to change a fill to a gradient, or to remove the fill or stroke from the selected object.
To change fill or stroke attributes using the toolbox: - Select an object using any selection tool.
- Do one of the following:
- Click the Swap Fill and Stroke button
, or press Shift+x to swap colors between the fill and the stroke. - Click the Default Fill and Stroke button
to return to the default color settings (white fill and black stroke). - Click the Color button
to change the currently selected stroke or fill to the last-selected solid color in the Color palette. - Click the Gradient button
to change the currently selected fill to the last-selected gradient in the Gradient palette. - Click the None button
to remove the object's fill or stroke. - Double-click the Fill or Stroke button to choose a color with the Color Picker. See Using the Color Picker.
Use keyboard shortcuts to switch to Color, Gradient, or None: Press < to change the selection to a color; > to change the selection to a gradient; and / to change to None.
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