Space bar + mouse getting stuck on panning

[Tiffany]

I use a Wacom tablet and press the space bar constantly to switch between tools, but with the new space bar + mouse panning in .91, Inkscape keeps panning instead of switching tools (from the slight movement of the pen mouse above the tablet).

And often when it pans, Inkscape gets stuck in the panning mode so that I can't do anything (even though I only tapped the spacebar and am not holding it down). Several times a day I would have to save my work, then close and open Inkscape to make it stop. Eventually I figured out that if I hit Ctrl and the arrow keys several times, it would eventually move the screen that way and snap out of panning.

We really need a way to disable the space bar panning to fix both of these problems!

Details - Inkscape .91 used on Windows 7 (with the 64bit installer)

[su_v (suv-lp)]

On 2015-05-23 18:13 (+0200), Tiffany wrote:
> And often when it pans, Inkscape gets stuck in the panning mode so
> that I can't do anything

Do you happen to use a a Logitech K120 or K200 keyboard?

Could be
* Bug #1400234 “Space Key blocks drag and drop”
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1400234

[su_v (suv-lp)]

On 2015-05-23 18:13 (+0200), Tiffany wrote:
> We really need a way to disable the space bar panning to fix both of
> these problems!

As you figured out by now, this request is already tracked in
* Bug #1401593 “Option to disable space bar panning”
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1401593

[Tiffany (tiffany-g-harvey)]

~Suv - I am using the keyboard on a Dell laptop.

Yes, I saw that there was a request to disable the space bar panning, but since that was a more minor issue (and marked as a Wishlist item) I wanted to report it getting stuck on panning as a separate problem, an actual bug.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Could you please add information about OS/platform and Inkscape version to the bug description?

[su_v (suv-lp)]

If OS is Windows, please also include details about which installer for Inskcape 0.91 was used (32bit or 64bit; msi or exe).

[Tiffany (tiffany-g-harvey)]

I mentioned the Inkscape version but I will add the rest.

[Angelo Rosa (foxbit)]

It's happen the same with me, my computer was completed stuked. I'm using deepin 15.5 and inkscape 0.92.