Hi Community,

I am new to Inkscape. I was just trying to plot a straight line with fixed width first using Bezier curve and line tool. And it annoys me by the fact that when I plotted the straight line. The line does not show an equal width throughout. I figured out that it is due to a stroke width control point that is automatically placed near the starting point of the line. Please refer to the attached example. The little pink point is the 'stroke width control point' that I do not want. How to get rid of it and make sure that the line is just a straight one with consistent width?

Also, as can be seen from the attached example, when adding the arrows at each end of the line, I get two arrows pointing head to head at the starting point instead of two arrows nicely pointing outwards at each end.

Please let me know how to plot a simple straight, at the ends of which two conventional arrows can be added. 

Thank you very much!

Best regards,

SFJ

I'd try selecting None from the shape menu in the Bezier tool controls.

@TylerDurden Great thanks for this! Problem solved. 'Shape' here was initially set to Triangle for me... That's the issue.

It seems to remember the last setting. I have had similar surprises leaving it in B-Spline mode. Remembering the last setting is generally a good thing. Except for that odd time when you are trying things out.

Ianp5a

It seems to remember the last setting.

The last state of many Inkscape settings is saved in the preferences.xml file when Inkscape is closed.  This is separate from the default document or templates, and can lead to unexpected results (especially if more than one person uses the same machine for Inkscape). 

More info and a ProTip:  https://inkscape.org/forums/tutorials/save-a-preferred-inkscape-configuration/