Cannot fill a rectangular shape with Color

HI,
I cannot fill a rectangular shape with color. I know it was working at some point. I checked the ID help, and did a search here with no results.
I have the tool bar set correctly I think (see below). The object isn't behind other objects either, - that I can see. I do see it when I use the scroll bar so it's there somewhere. (see Pink box below).
Any ideas profound or otherwise?
Thenk Yew.

You haven't got 100% transparency applied to it? Then it might appear while scrolling because of a slightly delayed display. That's all I can think of at the moment...
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