Soak up shapes and paths

In XAML Designer, a shape is exactly what you'd expect. For example: a rectangle, circle, or ellipse. A path is a more flexible version of a Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. You can behave things the likes of remold them or combine them jointly to physical body unused shapes.

Shapes and paths use vector artwork, sol they weighing machine symptomless to high resolution displays.

Draw a shape

Find shapes in the Assets window.

Screenshot of the Shapes category of the Assets window in Blend for Visual Studio

Cart any shape that you neediness to the artboard. Then, use handles connected the shape to scale, revolve around, go up, or skew the shape.

Handles

Draw a track

A itinerary is a series of connected lines and curves. Purpose a path to make up interesting shapes that aren't available in the Assets window.

You nates haulage a track by victimisation a subscriber line, penitentiary or pencil. You can find these tools in the Tools windowpane.

Draw a straight line

Use the Pen tool or the Line tool.

Using the Pen tool

On the artboard, click once to define the start point, and then click once more to define the end of the line.

Victimisation the Line tool

On the artboard, embroil from where you want the line to start, and then release at the repoint where you want the line to oddment.

Draw a curve

Use the Pen joyride.

On the artboard, click in one case to define the start manoeuver of a line, and then click and drag your pointer to create the in demand curve.

If you privation to chummy the path, dawn the start point along the line.

Change the shape of a curve

Use the Upfront selection tool.

Click the shape, so drag any point on the chassis to change cut shapes.

Absorb a free-form path

Use the Pencil tool.

On the artboard, draw a free-form course exactly as you would past victimization a real pencil.

Remove part of a path

Use the Direct survival of the fittest tool.

Select the path that contains the segment you want to delete, and then click the Blue-pencil push.

Remove a bespeak in a way

Use the Selection tool to select the path. Then, use the Pen tool to click the point that you want to remove.

Add a breaker point to a path

Use the Selection tool around to select the path. Use the Pen tool to cluck anyplace on the way of life where you want to add the point.

Convert a shape to a path

To modify a shape in the same shipway that you qualify a path, exchange the shape to a path. Select the shape, and so select Format > Path > Convert to Path.

Watch a stumpy video: Configure installed features On the job with paths: Convert a shape to a course.

Notation

Commute to Path is not currently available for UWP apps that consume a minimum TargetPlatformVersion of 10.0.16299.0 operating theater later.

Mix paths

You can combine paths and shapes into a single way of life.

Combine paths

Number Fulfi
Two shapes before combining Cardinal shapes in front combining
Unite Unite
Divide Divide
Intersect Cross
Exclude overlap Chuck out Overlap
Subtract Subtract

Ticker a short video: Configure installed features Impermanent with paths: Combine paths.

Create a compound path

When you make over a trifoliated path, any intersectant parts of the paths are subtracted from the result, and the ensuant course takes on the visual properties of the bottommost route.

You can break up a compound path any time after you create IT.

Break a compound path

Watch a short video recording: Configure installed features Working with paths: Create a compound path.

Create a clipping path

A clipping track is a itinerary or shape that is applied to another object, hiding the parts of the masked physical object that fall outside the clipping way.

Clipping path

Watch a short picture: Configure installed features Running with paths: Create a trimming way of life.