Don't convert smooth nodes to cusp nodes

[Courtney Miles]

This is a feature request.

It would be desirable to be able to delete a node from a path and not have the adjacent nodes converted to cusps.

I know this is done to preserve the shape, and that you can choose not to preserve the shape by holding Ctrl. But this feature would be more useful if it was able to preserve the shape without converting smooth nodes to cusp nodes, even if the shape is not preserved perfectly.

Normally if an artist creates a smooth node it's very intentional and converting to a cusp doesn't help.

Likewise, simplify should also preserve smooth nodes.

[sas (sas-sas)]

Agreed. (If the current node deletion behaviour is useful for some people it could be moved to Alt+Del.)

We need to work out suitable formulae for this, but it should at least be done so that if you add a node and then delete it, then the curve is unchanged (except for rounding error, and possible change of symmetric nodes to smooth nodes). In general, it's a question of lengthening (or perhaps shortening in some cases) the handles without changing their direction.

I think you should file a separate bug report for simplify, since it's a different problem.

[Brynn (brynn4inks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hi,
I just wanted to add support to this request (and update it). And also request that Path Inset/Outset does not convert smooth nodes to cusp/corner, as Simplify also does.

Thanks :-)
Brynn

[Brynn (brynn4inks-deactivatedaccount)]

Sorry, I guess you can't edit a comment?

I just wanted to add that this behavior doesn't need to change across the board. It seems like there could be a button to maintain shape of curve or not? Like display handles or not.

Thanks again :-)

[Brynn (brynn4inks-deactivatedaccount)]

This is not my bug, but I've posted to it. And the op is no longer active in the community (InkscapeForum owner, fyi).

I think this is still a valid request, so I'm going to migrate it.

Migrated to: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/issues/1308

Closing this by marking Invalid

Migrated and closed by brynn