[tweak tool] color mode: fill and stroke color cannot be tweaked independently

[su_v]

Summary: It is no longer possible to tweak the fill color without affecting the stroke color as well. This works as expected in Inkscape 0.46.

Tested with Inkscape 0.46, 0.47, 0.48 and 0.48+devel r9828 on OS X 10.5.8
(default settings)

Steps to reproduce:

1) create a number of objects with stroke and fill
2) in the tweak tool, select 'Paint tool's color upon selected objects'
3a) remove stroke, set tool's fill color
3b) remove fill, set tool's stroke color
4) tweak the color of selected objects

Expected result (works in 0.46):
a) The fill is painted with the tool's current fill color, the stroke stays unchanged
b) The stroke is painted with the tool's current stroke color, the fill stays unchanged

Actual result (0.47, 0.48(+devel)):
a) Setting the fill color of the tool always sets the stroke to 'black, 1px': the fill is painted with the tweak tool's current fill color, the stroke color is always darkened(/lightened with 'Shift')
b) Setting the stroke color of the tool always sets the fill to 'None': the stroke is painted with the tweak tool's current stroke color, the fill color is always darkened/lightened
c) Removing the stroke sets both fill and stroke to 'None': the fill is darkened/lightened when painted with the tweak tool's current style, the stroke stays unchanged
d) Unsetting the stroke sets both fill and stroke to 'Unset': both fill and stroke of the selected objects are darkened/lightened when painted with the tweak tool's current style.

References:
<http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.46#Color_editing_modes>
<http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Tweak-Colors.html>

[su_v (suv-lp)]

test file used (tiled clones, original with both fill&stroke unset moved aside)

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Reproduced on Windows XP, Inkscape 0.48, exactly as explained. Not reproduced with 0.46.

[Adonis Papaderos (ado-papas)]

When I select Last used style in Inscape preferences -> Tweak, it seems to work as expected. Can anyone else please try this?

[su_v (suv-lp)]

@Adonis - confirmed and thx for the tip! I don't think I ever changed the style preference for the tweak tool.

I wonder if this is an intentional difference in behavior or if the 'tool's own style' setting is slightly dysfunctional…

[fkk (fkk)]

Hi

i have the .91 version and i experience all these effects.3
1) when the tool is set to LAST USED STYLE
fill and stroke can be changed independently
2)when set to THIS TOOL'S OWN STYLE
setting a fill color sets the stroke to black, width = 1
setting a stroke color set the fill to none
But by selecting one object only, fill and stroke can be set correctly by clicking TAKE FROM SELECTION.

PLUS one thing:
no matter the case 1 or 2, even if stroke width and opacity parameters could be taken from a selection, they won't be applied to other objects

Kind regards

[Nathan Lee (nathan.lee)]

Hi - thanks for reporting this bug. We've moved to a new bugtracker on GitLab, so I'm closing the issue here. The issue can now be tracked in https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3519 (and for the opacity issue in comment 5, https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/6958).

Please feel free to file new bugs about the issues you're seeing at
http://inkscape.org/report.