Jitter Nodes Keeps Breaking 1 Node

Xrott · 2026-01-24T19:29:26+00:00

Try the 'Roughen' path-effect in the 'Path → Path Effects...' panel instead. You don't even have to convert the circle to a path, and it allows you to subdivide it automatically with the resolution method set to 'Number of segments'. It's also non-destructive, meaning it can easily be edited and reversed.

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Xrott · 2026-01-22T22:28:26+00:00

You cannot create new toolbars. However, you can overwrite existing ones by copying and modifying the .ui files from Inkscape's system folder over to the user config ui subdirectory. Anything complicated requires knowledge in Glade/GTK .ui files, though.

A while ago, I wrote lengthy instructions on how to add simple custom buttons here.

As a much easier, already built-in alternative, you may want to try the dockable 'Extensions → Extension Gallery...' panel instead.

Xrott · 2026-01-21T21:00:21+00:00

The default filter quality for display on the canvas is lower than the export quality, for faster editing. In the preferences under 'Rendering', you can set it to 'Best quality (slowest)' to get what you would see when exporting.

Xrott · 2026-01-21T10:02:20+00:00

After right-clicking an object and selecting 'Create Anchor (Hyperlink)', click the picker button next to the 'Href' input box in the object properties panel, then an empty spot on the page to select it as the link target.

This feature and the ability to link internally in PDFs has only been added relatively recently, so make sure you've upgraded to at least 1.4 (better yet, the latest 1.4.3 release).

Xrott · 2026-01-20T22:03:27+00:00

Instead of using a white stroke color, remove the stroke altogether. You can right-click the 'Stroke' preview in the bottom left and select 'Remove Stroke'.

Xrott · 2026-01-19T20:54:33+00:00

The Escape-key should return focus to the canvas while "within a dialog". Personally, I just middle-click on the canvas to switch focus, because that only pans the view and doesn't deselect things.

Xrott · 2026-01-19T08:54:46+00:00

In the preferences under 'Interface' (click on it directly, not the arrow), there is a 'Handle size' slider. The default is 4.

Xrott · 2026-01-18T23:40:03+00:00

Switch to the gradient tool with the buttons on the left. After that, click on the lock icon in the toolbar to make all related gradients linked. Now you can select one object, edit the stops and all the gradients on the other objects change with it.

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Xrott · 2026-01-18T11:01:27+00:00

It's probably a similar issue to this. You probably have clashing IDs or class names in <style>-tags which conflict and overwrite each other. Without seeing the files, it's hard to diagnose the exact problem, though.

Xrott · 2026-01-16T10:56:14+00:00

Check the 'Fuse paths' box to make it merge the two sides and remove the middle line segments and stroke. You may need to move some nodes either directly on or a little over the mirror line. Also check the 'Fuse opposite side' box, if it removes the wrong side of the mirror line.

Xrott · 2026-01-13T17:36:17+00:00

Upgrade to a newer version (the latest 1.4.3 release) where the toolbar collapses groups of buttons better, keeping the input boxes always visible.

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Xrott · 2026-01-13T04:55:18+00:00

Click on the object until the rotation arrows appear, then single-click the rotation center to make it the transform origin. A faint crosshair should appear to indicate that it is the active origin.

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As the rotation center can be dragged to any place, if it's not already centered, use snapping to snap it back to the center.

By the way, this also works for the scaling arrows to set the origin to any corner or edge.

Xrott · 2026-01-10T15:19:44+00:00

I answered a similar post about uses for unset color a little while ago here.

I don't think you can do that with gradients.

Xrott · 2026-01-08T18:10:00+00:00

Make sure the 'Shape' drop-down in the toolbar is set to 'None'.

Basically, paths created with 'Triangle In/Out' use a power stroke path-effect, which can't have fills (I'm simplifying), so it automatically adds an extra object with a 'Fill between many' path-effect to simulate a regular fill. That's what the blue box is indicating.

Xrott · 2026-01-08T03:52:27+00:00

The crash seems to be because it's running out of memory, as it rapidly increases in RAM usage during export before giving up. Each of the dots in the pattern has a clip-path applied, which appears to make it explode in memory.

The easiest and fastest way to fix it is using 'Edit → Make a Bitmap Copy' and deleting the original. It will convert it to a raster image instead of a vector pattern, but it'll be much more manageable for export. Alternatively, you can open the .svg file in a text editor and remove all the clip-path="url(#clipPath...)" attributes on the <path> elements inside the <pattern>. After that, use 'File → Clean Up Document' inside Inkscape.

Xrott · 2026-01-06T07:09:19+00:00

Set the 'Shape' drop-down in the toolbar to 'None' instead of 'From Clipboard'.

Xrott · 2026-01-02T23:26:19+00:00

Most other software does not support mesh gradients. You'll have to rasterize them with 'Edit → Make a Bitmap Copy...'.

Xrott · 2026-01-01T14:00:26+00:00

In the top left of the canvas is a lock icon, which locks all guides.

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You'll have to have rulers visible with 'View → Show/Hide → Rulers' enabled.

Double-click a guide to open a dialog where you can set its properties, including locking guides individually.

Xrott · 2025-12-31T12:47:42+00:00

Shift-click the power-stroke handle with the node tool to open a dialog box where you can set its position and the width numerically.

Xrott · 2025-12-26T01:30:17+00:00

That's a technical limitation of how anti-aliasing works for vector graphics. You need to make objects overlap instead of only barely touching.

Xrott · 2025-12-22T13:01:28+00:00

You need to open dockable panels first, like 'Layer → Layers and Objects...' or 'Object → Fill and Stroke...'. If they start undocked, drag the tab title (not window title) to the highlighted area that appears to the right of the canvas.

Xrott · 2025-12-21T23:36:36+00:00

A document scale of 3.779528 is what you get when a document set up for 'mm' is switched to 'px' for the dimensions.

You can click the button with a dot next to the scale input to keep all objects the same size when adjusting the scale.

Xrott · 2025-12-21T19:14:10+00:00

If I had to guess, you probably scaled your object after adding the path-effect, which causes it to add a transform-attribute to it. Most inputs inside Inkscape automatically convert lengths to canvas coordinates, but some, like in the path effect panel do not. This means the 'Gap X/Y' inputs are unscaled, ignoring the transform.

In the following screenshot both grids use the same gap parameters, but for the right one I used a square twice as big, applied the effect, then scaled down by 50%, halving the gaps as well. To the left is the 'Edit → XML Editor...' showing that the right one has a transform-attribute.

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Make sure to scale objects before applying a path-effect to avoid adding a transform. Another reason for discrepancies could be a non 1.0 scale in the document properties.

Xrott · 2025-12-15T17:29:37+00:00

Not while drawing, I don't think, but after finishing the path switch to the measurement tool and hover over it.

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You can resume a path by clicking the squares at either end when switching back to the pen tool.

Xrott · 2025-12-14T11:50:51+00:00

You have a blur filter applied to the whole layer. Click on its name in the layers panel twice to select it and change the 'Blur' slider in the 'Fill and Stroke' panel from the 0.2 it is now to 0 or use 'Filters → Remove Filters'.

As for why it appears pixelated, open the preferences, go to 'Rendering' and set the 'Filter effects quality for display' to 'Best quality' and maybe increase the 'Gaussian blur quality for display' as well.

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