<doc>
  <legacy_id>1147</legacy_id>
  <name>oval</name>
  <type>keyword</type>
  <syntax>
  </syntax>
  <library></library>
  <objects>
  </objects>
  <synonyms>
  </synonyms>
  <classification>
    <category>Developing with LiveCode</category>
  </classification>
  <references>
    <command tag="choose">choose Command</command>
    <property tag="brushColor">brushColor Property</property>
    <property tag="brushPattern">brushPattern Property</property>
  </references>
  <history>
    <introduced version="1.0">Added.</introduced>
  </history>
  <platforms>
    <mac/>
    <windows/>
    <linux/>
    <ios/>
    <android/>
  </platforms>
  <classes>
    <desktop/>
    <server/>
    <web/>
    <mobile/>
  </classes>
  <security>
  </security>
  <summary>Designates the <glossary tag="paint tool">paint tool</glossary> used to draw ovals and circles. It also specifies, through the <property tag="style">style</property> <glossary tag="property">property</glossary>, that a <keyword tag="graphic">graphic</keyword> <glossary tag="object">object</glossary> is an oval shape.</summary>
  <examples>
    <example>set the style of the templateGraphic to oval</example>
    <example>choose oval tool</example>
  </examples>
  <description>
    <p>Use the <b>oval</b> <glossary tag="keyword">keyword</glossary> to paint an oval or circle with the <property tag="penColor">penColor</property> or to change a <keyword tag="graphic">graphic</keyword> to an oval shape.</p><p/><p><b>Comments:</b></p><p>When using the Oval tool, the cursor is a crosshairs shape (over stack windows) or an arrow (anywhere else). This tool is used to draw an oval or circle in the <b>penColor</b>, filled with the <property tag="brushColor">brushColor</property> (or <property tag="brushPattern">brushPattern</property>).</p><p/><p>If you try to paint with the Oval tool on a card that has no images, an image the size of the card is created to hold the painting. If the current card already has one or more images, painting outside the image has no effect.</p><p/><p>Setting the <b>style</b> of a <keyword tag="graphic">graphic</keyword> to<code> oval </code>makes the graphic into an oval. Oval <glossary tag="graphic">graphics</glossary>, unlike painted ovals, can be changed and reshaped: use the <property tag="height">height</property> and <property tag="width">width</property> <property tag="properties">properties</property> to change the shape and size of the oval. </p>
  </description>
</doc>