Comment 3 for bug 657447

I don't mean showing path outlines for any tool or selection -- showing outlines only when using the Node tool is fine behavior as is. (On a semi-related note, I can't seem to change the color of path outlines, only the opacity -- a bit annoying when my paths happen to have a red fill or stroke already)

Back to the subject though. The problem appears to be that "show temporary path outline for selected paths" only works when "show temporary path outlines" is also enabled as well. This means I can have the following combinations of behavior:

1 - Show temporary path outline

Path outlines show up whenever I mouse over paths with the Node tool, with exception of currently selected path(s). This is acceptable behavior aside from the occasional latency if there are many complex paths in the given mouse region.

2 - Show temporary path outline + Show temporary outline for selected path

With both options enabled, temporary paths show up for everything, regardless of whether the path(s) are selected or not.

3 - Show temporary outline for selected path

Absolutely nothing happens -- I get no temporary outlines whatsoever. It's as if I have both options disabled.

I did already anticipate this might be the case since the tooltip hint says "show outline even when path is selected" -- "even when" instead of simply "when".

... So I guess I'm saying the last option, "show temporary outline for selected paths" should actually be made independent from "show temporary path outline" so that we can have tempotary path outlines displayed only over the currently selected path(s).

(Would that make this a bug or feature then? I don't know.)