Commands using 'Steps' values initially fail in trunk with preferences file from stable
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Inkscape |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Johan Engelen |
Bug Description
Follow-up report to bug #170293 (comment #10):
All commands which take a value from the steps preferences (move with cursor, path inset/outset, scale with keyboard) initially fail with Inkscape trunk (there's no unit stored with the values in the preferences file). As soon as the preferences dialog has been opened once (without changing anything), the preferences are updated and have the necessary units added: the commands now work as expected.
For users upgrading to a newer version (or recent PPA), this is unexpected and the "fix" is not obvious.
Steps to reproduce:
1) quit all instances of Inkscape
2) rename/delete current preferences file
3) launch&quit Inkscape 0.48.1 (to recreate a default preferences file)
4) launch Inkscape trunk, draw a shape and try to move it with the cursor keys -> failure
5) open and close the preferences dialog
5) try again to move the shape -> success
Related branches
Changed in inkscape: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: easy-fix |
tags: | removed: easy-fix |
Setting 'Importance' to 'Medium' for now: the workaround is easy but not obvious to the user. Without it, several basic commands simply fail.
(The question why moving objects with the arrow keys suddenly stopped working has been asked several times on irc already)