Dragging guides freezes, behaves errativally

Bug #1263943 reported by JW
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Bug Description

Running Inkscape 0.48+devel on Ubuntu 12.04, recently upgraded from the stable 0.48.

Running the development version, dragging guides from rulers does not seem to function properly. There's several erratic behaviors:

- Dragging a guide from the ruler will work for a fraction of a second, and then the guide freezes in place even when the mouse keeps moving. It then disappears for a few seconds, then reappears either where it was or where the mouse stopped moving
- Shortly after creation (above), guides will sometimes randomly disappear and then reappear off-screen
- Ctrl-clicking on a guide (to delete it) does nothing, but sometimes the guide will disappear several seconds later, or if I scroll it offscreen and back
- Most of the other guide functionality doesn't seem to work: double-clicking on one doesn't open a dialog, they can't be dragged or otherwise adjusted after creation, etc.

These are completely reproducible on my machine; I don't know about others. I haven't delved into the Inkscape codebase before, but if someone can point me to places to look, I could investigate to see if it's something about my local libraries. (Since I couldn't find another instance of this bug on the boards, I assume most people don't have it.)

Thanks.

Tags: guides ui
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su_v (suv-lp) wrote :

> Running Inkscape 0.48+devel on Ubuntu 12.04 …

Which desktop do you use?

Possible same as reported in
- Bug #1109812 “Guides not accessible in KDE”
  <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1109812>

tags: added: guides ui
Changed in inkscape:
status: New → Incomplete
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su_v (suv-lp) wrote :

<off-topic>
> - Ctrl-clicking on a guide (to delete it) does nothing

This shortcut to delete a guide does not exist anymore (since the release of Inkscape 0.47 in Nov 2009). To delete a guide, hover it and - when it is highlighted - press <Del> (or <Backspace>).

See also:
<http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Snapping.html#Snapping-Guide>
</off-topic>

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JW (jason-wallace) wrote :

I'm running KDE 4.8.5, and this does seem to be a duplicate/repeat of Bug #1109812. (I must not have gone back far enough in the bug history.) The workaround given there for placing guides functions, but the issue for deleting them still holds (they don't highlight when moused over, and pressing delete while doing so does nothing.)

Thanks.

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