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Beginners' Questions Pen Tool behavior change in 1.3?
  1. #1
    aj65461 aj65461 @aj65461

    I do the majority of my work using the Pen Tool (bezier). I use the "B" hotkey for this. Up until version 1.3 I would press the "B" key, draw my line, and then I'd simply press "B" again when I wanted to start another line.

    After upgrading to 1.3 I now have to select another tool(I press the "S" key for selector tool) and then re-select the Pen tool to draw another line. So now I press the "B" key, draw my line, then I press "S", then press "B" again in order to draw another line.

    Does anyone know if this is a bug, or if they just changed the behavior of the Pen Tool. I can't imagine the benefit of the latter case.

  2. #2
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurden

    Before proceeding further, I'd reset the preferences: https://inkscape.org/forums/questions/getting-back-to-square-one-and-starting-over-its-easy/

  3. #3
    aj65461 aj65461 @aj65461

    Thank you TylerDurden. I reset my preferences as you mentioned but the behavior is still the same. I'm curious, have you noticed this same thing in 1.3 (if you have 1.3)?

  4. #4
    Polygon Polygon @Polygon🌶

    It's new to me that hitting "B" key a second time will start a new path. Normally you'll need to finish a path first (by a right click or hitting enter or return).

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