Moving fill handles

You can move fill handles to change to appearance of a fill.

To move a fill handle

1. Select the object with the fill applied. (see Selecting objects).

2. Choose the Fill Tool.

3. Drag the fill handle to its new position.

Tips

If you hold down CTRL while you drag the fill handle its movement is constrained to 45 degree intervals. (The constrain angle is customizable - see Changing the constrain angle.)

You can also use the Selector Tool to move fill handles if you have set up the Selector Tool to show fill handles on objects. See Enabling fill handles.

You can move fill handles using the cursor keys, see Nudging objects and handles.

If you don't want to see fill arrows when dragging (interactive dragging), press TAB during the drag.

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Related Topics

Fill Tool

Fills overview

Selector Tool