Area tool

The area tool allows you to create, edit and remove areas.

For an overview of how areas work, see Areas.

Actions

Mouse	Touch	Action
Left click and drag	Tap and drag	Create a new area
Middle click	Two fingers	Move canvas
Right click	Long tap	Edit area

Configuration

Property	Default	Description
Width	0	The fixed width for new areas. If set to 0, this setting will be ignored.
Height	0	The fixed height for new areas. If set to 0, this setting will be ignored.
Aspect ratio	0	The fixed aspect ratio for new areas. Press the button to access some common presets. An aspect ratio is defined as width / height, so values less than 1 will be taller than they are wide, and values greater than 1 will be wider than they are tall. If set to 0, this setting will be ignored.

There are three aspect ratio presets:

• Square (1:1)
• Page portrait (sqrt(2)) - This is the default aspect ratio of an A4 page in portrait mode.
• Page landscape (1/sqrt(2)) - This is the default aspect ratio of an A4 page in landscape mode.