Calligraphy tool does not create zero-length path when clicking and immediately releasing mouse button
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Inkscape |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Steps to reproduce:
1. Select the calligraphy tool (or possibly also the "freehand line" tool).
2. Depress the left mouse button (or put stylus to tablet) somewhere in the viewport.
3. Without moving the mouse (/stylus), release the mouse button (/remove the stylus) again.
Expected behavior:
A zero-length line is created, starting and ending at the coordinates indicated by the cursor position.
Why is this expected behavior? Because the calligraphy tool is presumably supposed to simulate the use of a pen and paper in a naturalistic manner. IRL, placing a pen on a piece of paper, not moving it, then removing the pen from the paper creates a dot, or a zero-length line.
Actual behavior:
No visible change to the document is made.
I'm using:
> uname -a
Linux bast 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Inkscape 0.48.1 r9760 (from repositories).
Linking as duplicate to Bug #263166 in Inkscape: “CALLIGRAPHY TOOL: Tool should allow for ink dots / dotting”. Please add a comment here and revert the duplicate status if you don't agree and think these are different issues.
Note: to create dots with the freehand tool, use 'Ctrl-click' (the size the dots can be set in the tool preferences - relative to the stroke width).