Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ tikZ | Filled Rectangle with Border

[psionman]

I would like to draw a black rectangle filled in light gray

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\fill[draw=black,color=lightgray] (1.5,4) rectangle (3.5,4.5);

This fills it, but doesn't draw the outline.

What should I do?

[localghost]

Please get used to always providing a minimal example to give an adequate problem description.

[…] What should I do?

Read the pgf/tikZ user guide, which suggests another approach.

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\filldraw[draw=black,fill=lightgray] (1.5,4) rectangle (3.5,4.5);

Thorsten

[psionman]

Thanks, filldraw seems to give the same effect as fill. I still don't get the black outline

[localghost]

Works fine for me. For more specific help see the links in my last reply.

[psionman]

Here is a simple document. When I compile it I get no black outline, only the gray rectangle.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
  \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \begin {center}
      \begin{tikzpicture}
        \filldraw[draw=black,color=lightgray] (1,1) rectangle (3,3);
      \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{center}
  \end{figure}
\end{document}

[localghost]

You should read more carefully what people write to you. As I suggested earlier, you need another syntax.

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\filldraw[draw=black,fill=lightgray] (1.5,4) rectangle (3.5,4.5);

Pay special attention to the options and compare with your version.

And by the way, you should not use the center environment here due to unwanted vertical space. Simply replace by the \centering command.

[psionman]

Thank you localghost

I apologise for causing your ire; I really did not see the difference. I do now and appreciate your help