Drawing Tabs with Rectangle Primative Tool

I changed the corner points in the Property Inspector to make
the
Rectangle Primative Tool create navigation tabs. The tabs
were drawn in
Object Mode.
1. Why did it draw it in Object Mode by default?
2. IS there a way to change this while drawing the shape, or
is this
just how this tool works?
Thanks in advance.

1) because it handy to keep you shapes contained as vector,
until you want to break them apart, you can draw shapes on top of
one another without them effecting the shape underneath, then when
they are in position, if desired, you can break them apart and them
union them into a single vector graphic.
2) when you select the tool, click the Object Mode button at
the bottom of the toolbar to toggle states.

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