GeoGebra is powerful math software for all educational levels combining geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphs, statistics and calculations in one easy-to-use package. GeoGebra is a rapidly growing community with millions of users in most countries.
GeoGebra provides tools that allow you to draw graphs, functions and tables on an easy-to-use interface and many powerful features. The following article will show you how to use GeoGebra's tools.
1. What are Tools?

A GeoGebra View provides a Toolbar - a toolbar with a specific range of tools for the field in which you are working. You can activate a tool by clicking on the button that displays the corresponding icon.
For example, discover a tool with a circular icon with a dot in the middle
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- Click the circle icon with a dot in the middle from the Graphics View Toolbar and click Circle with Center through Point in the menu.
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- Click twice on Graphics View to create a circle. Note: The first click to determine the center of the circle and the second click to determine its size.
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- Select the Move tool and drag the circle to change the size or position of the circle.
2. What are Toolboxes?
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GeoGebra's tools are organized in Toolboxes, including similar tools or tools to create the same new type of object. You can open a toolbox by clicking on the lower part of the Tool button and selecting a tool from the list that appears.
Example : Searching Segment tool - Segment in toolbox![Manual using tools in GeoGebra Manual using tools in GeoGebra]()
- Click on the icon above and select Segment.
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- Click Graphics View twice to create two points and a segment between them.
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- Select the Move tool and drag the points to change the size or position of the segment.
3. What is Tooltips?
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If you choose a tool, a Tooltip - Tooltip explains how to use the tool.
For example : Find out how the Polygon tool works![Manual using tools in GeoGebra Manual using tools in GeoGebra]()
- You click on the icon as above.
- Read tooltip.
- Learn to use this tool to create a triangle.
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Above is the basic information about the tool in GeoGebra. Knowing the tools contained in the toolbox, as well as the tooltip will help you use them more easily.