| ## Ellipse-tool The ellipse-tool is used to draw filled and outlined ellipses to the image. It is used by pressing down the mouse-button and dragging the mouse around. A preview of the ellipse is rendered on the screen and when the mouse-button is released, the actual ellipse is drawn. ### Settings Figure 1 shows the contents of the tool-setup-window when it is displaying the setup for the ellipse-tool.
Figure 1: Setup view for the ellipse-tool.
Fill Ellipse When this option is enabled, the ellipse will be filled with the foreground-color. Otherwise only the outline of the ellipse will be drawn. Corner To Corner When this option is selected, the first click will set one corner for the bounding box of the ellipse and releasing the mouse-button will set the opposite corner for the bounding box. Center To Corner When this option is selected, the first click will set the center for the ellipse and releasing the mouse-button will set the lengths of the half-axis of the ellipse. ### Keyboard Modifiers Pressing down left control while setting the size of the ellipse forces it to be a circle.