Rectangle Tool

when to use to add a non destructive rectangle for frames, ui boxes, or backgrounds properties thickness stroke width style stroke pattern (solid / dashed / dotted) fill inner fill color when alpha is 0 only the stroke is drawn; changing the rgb while alpha is 0 automatically raises it size width × height of the rectangle after the shape is created, you can type exact numbers in the edit state corner corner radius in pixels 0 is a sharp rectangle; larger values produce a rounded rectangle how to use press ' r ' drag on the canvas a new 'shape layer ' is created automatically right after creation the shape enters edit state, so changing size or corner in the property panel updates the shape immediately you can also drag the bounding box handles or the rotation disc to transform the shape non destructively to paint or erase directly on top of a shape layer with brush tools, you have to rasterize the parametric layer into paint layer after rasterization , the layer's shape parameters can no longer be edited example