justify text don't work

[ttoine]

Using the Inskcape 0.47 under Ubuntu, I can't justify a text. I tried both editing the css and using the button in Text Dialog, and both don't work.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Not reproduced on Windows XP, Inkscape 0.47.

Could you please attach a test file?

[ttoine (ttoine)]

JazzyNico,

You will find an exemple. I don't have a Windows workstation to test,
only Ubuntu for a couple of years.

Toine

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Justify only works for 'Flowed Text', not regular text.

«Only flowed text can be both left and right justified at the same time. »
<http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Text-Formatting.html#Text-Formatting-ToolControls>

related to the discussion in bug #170762 “full justification for flowted text”:
«(…) thus I think that the right thing to do would be to only set text-align on flowroot and only set text-anchor on text. However, this is
unnecessarily awkward and might cause confusion (…)»
<https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170762>

[Tavmjong Bah (tavmjong-free)]

Inkscape 0.48 will disable (dim) the justify button in the toolbar when not using flowed text to help reduce confusion.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Closing - in 0.48 the 'Justify' formatting option is only active in flowed text, and works as described in the manual.