Line Tool Question

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I'm using freehand for my job and today when I select the line tool
to draw a line across a box, a small circle is appearing in the cross hatch.
Does anyone know what this is and how to stop it? It's never done it before.
Below is a picture to show what I mean.
thanks, Allison

Hi Allison,
If you have any of the snap-to functions enabled (snap to guide, object or grid) then FH draws a small circle when the cursor hovers over a snap target. I shows you the exact location where the snap will occur. I don’t see it before starting to drag a line, though.
You should see it on other tool cursors as well, such as pen, rectangle, ellipse, etc.
Do you have any snap-to functions enabled?
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