The Polygon tool draws clean, straight-edged outlines with exactly the corners you choose: the outline of a mark, a zone on a plan, or any irregular region that none of the fixed shapes fits. Everything it draws is a regular element you can move, resize and style.
Where to find it
On a logo page the palette opens on Draw, and the Polygon sits under Outlines, beside the Pen, the Pencil, the Shape Pen and the three markers. On any other page the palette strip does not show it, but the search panel (⌘K or Ctrl+K) adds it: type "polygon" and pick it under Add to canvas.
Placing points
Click to place each point. A preview line follows your pointer from the last point you placed.
Click the start point (a snap ring appears when you are close) to close the outline into a
filled polygon, or double-click (or press Enter) to finish an open line at the last
point.
While placing points, Backspace removes the last point so you can walk a mistake back without starting over, and Escape clears the in-progress outline (press it again to put the tool down). An open line needs at least two points and a closed polygon three: until then, double-click and Enter do nothing, and clicking the start point just places another point. On a touch screen, taps place points just like clicks. Points snap to the edges and centres of nearby elements, as a drawn element's corners do.
Styling an outline
A finished outline is a regular boxed element. Its stroke colour follows the tab's theme, and a closed polygon fills with the theme's fill colour; an open line stays stroke-only. From there you can:
- Move it, resize it (the outline scales proportionally), rotate it, and lock it.
- Recolour its stroke and fill from the element's Colours controls.
- Apply the format painter, themes, and comments, exactly as with any shape.
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