diff --git a/src/gui_qt/graphs/draw_inputs.py b/src/gui_qt/graphs/draw_inputs.py
index c0547ff..b824c91 100644
--- a/src/gui_qt/graphs/draw_inputs.py
+++ b/src/gui_qt/graphs/draw_inputs.py
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ class RectangleWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget, Ui_rectanglewidget):
         self.right_x.setValidator(QtGui.QDoubleValidator())
         self.right_y.setValidator(QtGui.QDoubleValidator())
 
+    def set_args(self, left: tuple = (0, 0), right: tuple = (1, 1), color=None, fill=None):
+        self.left_x.setText(str(left[0]))
+        self.left_y.setText(str(left[1]))
+        self.right_x.setText(str(right[0]))
+        self.right_y.setText(str(right[1]))
+
+        self.color_box.setCurrentIndex(self.color_box.findData(color, QtCore.Qt.UserRole))
+        self.fill_box.setCurrentIndex(self.fill_box.findData(fill, QtCore.Qt.UserRole))
+
     def collect_args(self) -> dict | None:
         left = parse_point(self.left_x, self.left_y)
         if left is None:
@@ -128,6 +137,8 @@ class RectangleWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget, Ui_rectanglewidget):
         if right is None:
             return
 
+        print(self.fill_box.currentIndex(), self.fill_box.currentData(QtCore.Qt.UserRole))
+
         dic = {
             'color':  self.color_box.currentData(QtCore.Qt.UserRole),
             'fill': self.fill_box.currentData(QtCore.Qt.UserRole),
diff --git a/src/gui_qt/graphs/draw_objects.py b/src/gui_qt/graphs/draw_objects.py
index 29b3582..c5c9086 100644
--- a/src/gui_qt/graphs/draw_objects.py
+++ b/src/gui_qt/graphs/draw_objects.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from gui_qt.lib.pg_objects import LogInfiniteLine, PlotItem
 
 __all__ = ['LineObject', 'MultipointObject', 'RectangleObject', 'TextObject', 'EllipseObject']
 
+from nmreval.lib.colors import BaseColor
+
 
 class BaseObject:
     def __init__(self, color=None):
@@ -45,11 +47,12 @@ class LineObject(BaseObject):
         return {'type': 'line', 'color': self.color, 'pos': self.pos, 'angle': self.angle}
 
     def set_values(self, pos=None, angle=None, color=None):
-
         if pos != self.pos:
             self.drawing.setPos(pos)
+
         if angle != self.angle:
             self.drawing.setAngle(angle)
+
         if color != self.color:
             self.drawing.setPen(mkPen(color.rgb()))
 
@@ -94,30 +97,27 @@ class MultipointObject(BaseObject):
             self._x += (x[0],)
             self._y += (y[0],)
 
+        self.drawing.setPos(self._x, self._y)
+
+
 class Rectangle(GraphicsObject):
     # adapted from pyqtgraph example on custom objects
 
-    def __init__(self, left: tuple, right: tuple):
+    def __init__(self, left: tuple, right: tuple, color: BaseColor, fill: BaseColor):
         GraphicsObject.__init__(self)
 
-        self.p0 = left
-        self.delta = [right[0]-self.p0[0], right[1]-self.p0[1]]
-
-        self.x_disp = self.p0[0]
-        self.dx = self.delta[0]
-        self.y_disp = self.p0[1]
-        self.dy = self.delta[1]
-
         self.log_mode = [False, False]
-        self.generatePicture()
+        self.setData(left, right, color, fill)
 
     def generatePicture(self):
         ## pre-computing a QPicture object allows paint() to run much more quickly,
         ## rather than re-drawing the shapes every time.
+        print(self.x_disp, self.y_disp, self.dx, self.dy, self.color, self.fill)
         self.picture = QtGui.QPicture()
         p = QtGui.QPainter(self.picture)
-        p.setPen(mkPen('w'))
-        p.setBrush(mkBrush('r'))
+        if self.fill is not None:
+            p.setBrush(mkBrush(self.fill.rgb()))
+        p.setPen(mkPen(self.color.rgb()))
         p.drawRect(QtCore.QRectF(self.x_disp, self.y_disp, self.dx, self.dy))
         p.end()
 
@@ -160,18 +160,54 @@ class Rectangle(GraphicsObject):
 
         self.informViewBoundsChanged()
 
-class RectangleObject(BaseObject):
-    def __init__(self, left: tuple, right: tuple, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+    def setData(self, left, right, color, fill):
+        self.p0 = left
+        self.delta = [right[0]-self.p0[0], right[1]-self.p0[1]]
 
+        self.x_disp = self.p0[0]
+        self.dx = self.delta[0]
+        self.y_disp = self.p0[1]
+        self.dy = self.delta[1]
+
+        self.color = color
+        self.fill = fill
+
+        l = [self.log_mode[0], self.log_mode[1]]
+        self.log_mode = [None, None]
+
+        self.setLogMode(*l)
+
+
+class RectangleObject(BaseObject):
+    def __init__(self, left: tuple, right: tuple, fill: BaseColor, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.fill = fill
         self.left = left
         self.right = right
 
-        self.drawing = Rectangle(left, right)
+        self.drawing = Rectangle(left, right, self.color, self.fill)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return f'Rectangle {self.left} to {self.right}'
 
+    def get_values(self):
+        return {'type': 'rectangle', 'color': self.color, 'left': self.left, 'right': self.right, 'fill': self.fill}
+
+    def set_values(self, left=None, right=None, color=None, fill=None):
+        if left is not None:
+            self.left = left
+
+        if right is not None:
+            self.right = right
+
+        if fill is not None:
+            self.fill = fill
+
+        if color is not None:
+            self.color = color
+
+        self.drawing.setData(self.left, self.right, self.color, self.fill)
+
 
 class TextObject(BaseObject):
     def __init__(self, text, pos, **kwargs):
@@ -197,6 +233,7 @@ class EllipseObject(BaseObject):
     def __str__(self):
         return f'Ellipse at {self.center}'
 
+
 class Ellipse(GraphicsObject):
     # adapted from pyqtgraph example on custom objects
 
diff --git a/src/gui_qt/graphs/drawings.py b/src/gui_qt/graphs/drawings.py
index 81067fb..3c0c242 100644
--- a/src/gui_qt/graphs/drawings.py
+++ b/src/gui_qt/graphs/drawings.py
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class DrawingsWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget, Ui_Form):
 
         graph_id, obj = self.get_item()
 
+        print(dic)
+
         if self._editmode:
             obj.set_values(**dic)