The Line tool draws perfectly straight lines in any direction you drag your mouse. In Flash, a line is called a stroke and there is a variety of thickness (0-200 pixels), styles, colors, and gradient fills that can be applied to it.

What is a line tool?

The Line Tool allows you to draw a two-point line on the canvas. Lines can be drawn as vector shapes, paths, or pixels.

Which is the line tool in Photoshop?

To find the Line tool, click and hold your mouse over the Rectangle tool in the main toolbar. This will bring up a submenu with more shape tools. If you have any of the shape tools enabled, you can also select the Line tool from the top options menu. So, why is the Line considered a shape tool?