“before ctrl+mouse drag.svg” is my input and has a circle and 2 paths.

The paths, radii, start in the center, going in opposite directions, to meet the circle.

Together, the 2 paths look like a single straight line (diameter).

I use ctrl+mouse drag to separately extend each of the 2 paths outward (from the center) to be 2-3 times the original length.

When I do this in Inkscape 0.92, the result of the 2 paths still looks like a straight line.

When I do the same in 1.0, the result has, at the circle center, a slight separation/kink of the 2 paths.

(Note: this separation/kink is not totally consistent – sometimes it still looks like a straight line.)

How do I get 1.0 ctrl+mouse drag to consistently behave like 0.92?

“after ctrl+ mouse drag 0.92.svg” is the result of ctrl+mouse dragging in 0.92 where the paths still look like a straight line.

“after ctrl+ mouse drag 1.0.svg” is the result of ctrl+mouse dragging in 1.0 where, at the circle center, a separation/kink appears.

I’m using Inkscape 1.0.2 (e86c870, 2021-01-15) on Windows 10 Pro.

Thank you.

Allan

Try to hold alt+ctrl while dragging a node.

Thank you for the suggestion PixelPest!

I tried alt+ctrl+mouse drag and still have the same problem of the separation/kink appearing.

Have a look at the status bar:

Thank you PixelPest.

I think I understand.  You’re using the Node tool with ctrl+alt+mouse drag.   Yes, that seems to work.  That’s a good alternative!

I was selecting the object, then trying ctrl+alt+mouse drag when I said it didn't work.

I am accustomed to using the select tool and ctrl+mouse drag on the resize arrows.  Do you know if there’s a way to make that work?

No - wouldn't recommend this use case. It scales proportionally with holding ctrl-key down - but will introduce shearing&shifting. The Node-tool is the appropriate tool for this task.

You won't notice it when your path is drawn in at 45° - but every other angle won't really work with the Select-tool and scaling.

Thank you PixelPest.

I've attached a slightly more complex example using 2 groups instead of 2 paths.   I still have the separation/kink, and I don't think I can use ctrl+alt+mouse drag in this situation.

I tried with shift+ctrl to scale from center and got this:

That's really clever PixelPest! I'm impressed.

Unfortunately, most of my resizing is not symmetric.🤥  I made the example symmetric to accentuate the drift.

Since I get a straight line when I do ctrl+drag in 0.92, but I get a separation/kink in 1.0, I'm thinking this is a bug.  Is there something I'm missing?

In case anyone is interested, I opened an issue and was told: