Comment 3 for bug 170883

"Does it mean clicking outside of a shape, or clicking
exactly the stroke of a shape? "

Clicking exactly the stroke, yes.

Ok, I suppose it won't be able to change the colour of zero
width strokes.

So, really, it would be best to split this tool into two
tools. First, a format paster, which applies a format to
each clicked on object. (This would include fills, strokes,
gradients, maybe even fonts and things like that, where
applicable.) Include an eyedropper or a modifier key to
import from objects.

Second would be the smart flood filler. (There was an
earlier submission on this, and I think it's idea of
rendering, then tracing is workable, if rather awkward and
inefficient. An intersector would be ideal.)

As for the background thing, well, you don't *have* to use
this tool for every circumstance. The point of the tool is
to provide a fast and intuitive way that works most of the
time. For the odd case where it won't work, the manual ways
should be left in.