<function name="new"
                c:identifier="goo_canvas_rect_new"
                introspectable="0">
        <doc xml:space="preserve">Creates a new rectangle item.

<!--PARAMETERS-->

Here's an example showing how to create a rectangle at (100,100) with a
width of 200 and a height of 100.

<informalexample><programlisting>
 GooCanvasItem *rect = goo_canvas_rect_new (mygroup, 100.0, 100.0, 200.0, 100.0,
                                            "stroke-color", "red",
                                            "line-width", 5.0,
                                            "fill-color", "blue",
                                            NULL);
</programlisting></informalexample></doc>
        <return-value transfer-ownership="full">
          <doc xml:space="preserve">a new rectangle item.</doc>
          <type name="CanvasItem" c:type="GooCanvasItem*"/>
        </return-value>
        <parameters>
          <parameter name="parent" transfer-ownership="none" skip="1">
            <doc xml:space="preserve">the parent item, or %NULL. If a parent is specified, it will assume
 ownership of the item, and the item will automatically be freed when it is
 removed from the parent. Otherwise call g_object_unref() to free it.</doc>
            <type name="CanvasItem" c:type="GooCanvasItem*"/>
          </parameter>
          <parameter name="x" transfer-ownership="none">
            <doc xml:space="preserve">the x coordinate of the left of the rectangle.</doc>
            <type name="gdouble" c:type="gdouble"/>
          </parameter>
          <parameter name="y" transfer-ownership="none">
            <doc xml:space="preserve">the y coordinate of the top of the rectangle.</doc>
            <type name="gdouble" c:type="gdouble"/>
          </parameter>
          <parameter name="width" transfer-ownership="none">
            <doc xml:space="preserve">the width of the rectangle.</doc>
            <type name="gdouble" c:type="gdouble"/>
          </parameter>
          <parameter name="height" transfer-ownership="none">
            <doc xml:space="preserve">the height of the rectangle.</doc>
            <type name="gdouble" c:type="gdouble"/>
          </parameter>
          <parameter name="..." transfer-ownership="none">
            <doc xml:space="preserve">optional pairs of property names and values, and a terminating %NULL.</doc>
            <varargs/>
          </parameter>
        </parameters>
      </function>