Flip / Mirror tool

[francesco]

Inkscape really needs a dedicated tool for flip or mirroring operations.
It should give the possibility to select the axis position and tilt, or even better, select a guide or a path as a reference axis, exactly like extension "mirror"does.
As a matter of fact:
- It's a very useful and important function - Could not be just an "extension".
- It makes no sense to use the rotation center as the mirroring axis. It is incredibly hidden and unthinkable.
If I need to mirror or flip something with an axis control it is illogical to use a "rotation" tool.
- I know in future there will be a "mirror" path effect, I'm sure it will be useful, but what I am describing here must not be an "effect" it must be a tool, for the same reason that rotation is not an effect.

The best place for this tool is certainly the transform panel.
Whatever happens, Thanks a lot for your work

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Thanks for taking the time to file a report!

The feature has already been requested in Bug #171797 "allow to mirror objects at any axis", and thus I'm marking your report duplicate. Don't hesitate to comment if you think it's a different issue.