Comment 2 for bug 442958

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su_v (suv-lp) wrote :

Section tool: shows H and W of the bounding box (can be set to visual or geometric in the preferences)
Rectangle tool: shows H and W of the object dimensions (independent of stroke attributes).

not a bug IMHO.

related:
Question #83112 "Select vs. Rectangle stroke size/dimensions different"
<https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/83112>:

Bug #212768 in Inkscape: “Geometric and Visual bounding box and object dimensions”
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/212768>
and the other bugs mentioned in the comments there…

Bug #311828 in Inkscape: “The sizes of a shape are not consistent in Controls Bar”
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/311828>