Line tool options
This is the palette associated with the line tool.
- The Opacity slider helps you define the transparency of the fill. You can make it more or less transparent by dragging the slider.
- Select a blending mode for the fill. See blending modes fo rmore info.
- The Line width edit box is for defining a size for the line. Just type in a value in pixels for the line width.
- Select if you want an arrowhead on starting point (check Head), ending point (checkTail) or on both (select both checkboxes).
- Width, Length and Concavity enable you to define a shape for the arrows.
- Length & Width
Width, Length and concavity values are percentage values calculated on the
basis of the Line's width. If the width of the line is for example 4 pixels, Typing a
Length value for the arrowhead of 300 % will result in a arrow lenght of 12 pixels (4 x
300 % = 12).
Concavity
You can type either positive or negative values to define the shape of the arrowhead as follows :
