Hi, I am quite new to Inkscape and seem to have run into a problem with the fill color of a particular object. When I try to add a fill color, it does not show up. However, when I set Stroke paint, the object becomes visible. Ideally, I would like to set no stroke and fill the object instead. I would appreciate if anyone could let me know where I am going wrong.
P.S. I don't know if this piece of info is important, but still... The object selected is a path I created using the Bezier pen.
Very mysterious. Everything seems correct. Your shape opacity is set to 100%, fill is a solid colour (and different from the background), fill opacity is also set to 100%, and the other object displays as expected.
There are combinations of attributes that can render objects invisible so try this. Select the object and open the XML Editor dialog [Edit > XML Editor...]. In the lower pane, delete the <style> attribute by clicking the "bin" icon beside it. This removes all formatting and you should see a black shape (i.e. Fill:Unset) which you can now colour as you please.
If this doesn't work, upload the svg file so we can take a closer look at it.
I am brand new to this awesome program! I'm following this post and have followed all the above including uninstalling/reinstalling Inkspace. Still NO fill visibility (no problem w/ stroke). ALL indicators on screen indicate that there SHOULD be a bill. I'm baffled!
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Hi, I am quite new to Inkscape and seem to have run into a problem with the fill color of a particular object. When I try to add a fill color, it does not show up. However, when I set Stroke paint, the object becomes visible. Ideally, I would like to set no stroke and fill the object instead. I would appreciate if anyone could let me know where I am going wrong.
P.S. I don't know if this piece of info is important, but still... The object selected is a path I created using the Bezier pen.
Very mysterious. Everything seems correct. Your shape opacity is set to 100%, fill is a solid colour (and different from the background), fill opacity is also set to 100%, and the other object displays as expected.
There are combinations of attributes that can render objects invisible so try this. Select the object and open the XML Editor dialog [Edit > XML Editor...]. In the lower pane, delete the <style> attribute by clicking the "bin" icon beside it. This removes all formatting and you should see a black shape (i.e. Fill:Unset) which you can now colour as you please.
If this doesn't work, upload the svg file so we can take a closer look at it.
I am brand new to this awesome program! I'm following this post and have followed all the above including uninstalling/reinstalling Inkspace. Still NO fill visibility (no problem w/ stroke). ALL indicators on screen indicate that there SHOULD be a bill. I'm baffled!
Not really - the Fill color indicator tells you have transparency enabled: Open Fill and Stroke panel for adjustments.
YES YES YES! A slip of a keystroke! All normal! Thank you!