# Cannot center rectangle
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/cannot-center-rectangle/14543
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [October 9, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cannot-center-rectangle/14543 "2019-10-09T09:10:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@organelle](https://discourse.processing.org/u/organelle)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cannot-center-rectangle/14543/1 "2019-10-09T09:10:24Z")
The rectMode(CENTER) cannot center my rectangle in my canvas. How do I fix this?
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### Author:  [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cannot-center-rectangle/14543/2 "2019-10-09T09:15:23Z")
Use this command rectMode(CENTER) **before** rect() please
Welcome to the forum!
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### Author:  [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2019, 9:43am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cannot-center-rectangle/14543/3 "2019-10-09T09:43:10Z")
Or show your code please
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### Author:  [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2019, 10:37am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cannot-center-rectangle/14543/4 "2019-10-09T10:37:48Z")
please play
```auto
void setup() {
size(100, 100);
rectMode(CENTER); // test also disable with //
fill(0, 200, 200);
stroke(0, 200, 0);
strokeWeight(3);
}
void draw() {
background(200, 200, 0);
for ( int d = 90; d > 1; d -= 10 ) rect(width/2, height/2, d, d);
}
```
[https://processing.org/reference/rectMode\_.html](https://processing.org/reference/rectMode_.html)
[https://processing.org/reference/rect\_.html](https://processing.org/reference/rect_.html)