Comment 9 for bug 1707899

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Jabiertxof (jabiertxof) wrote : Re: [Bug 1707899] Re: Bezier Curve does not retain colour used when Triangle In shape is used

Hi, could we try lastest branch to know if fixed?
I also add to retain last width stroke used.

r: d0930c9bda63f8500b83df8dec3766379a0d60d4

Cheers and thanks for report.

On Sun, 2017-08-06 at 05:36 +0000, Brynn wrote:
> Hi Jabier,
> Pen tool with shapes maybe is stroke and no fill technically.  But
> the style indicator (bottom-left corner of window) shows it has fill
> and no stroke.
>
> To change the color, click palette chip - just like regular
> fill.  Not
> Shift click palette chip, like regular stroke.
>
> Plus, you can give variable stroke, its own non-variable stroke, by
> shift click palette.
>
> I think style indicator should show stroke and no fill.  Also,
> shouldn't
> be possible to give variable stroke its own non-variable stroke.
>
> How to make last used style work for Pen tool with triangle in.
>
> 1 - draw path (has only fill color in style indicator)
> 2 - shift click palette chip to add a non-varieble stroke (to the
> variable stroke) - can't use this in drawing, because it's a stroke
> with a stroke, but it's the only way to set the style.
>
> Now the next path's "fill" or variable stroke takes the color of the
> non-variable stroke.
>
> Need new color for next variable width stroke?  Must duplicate the
> last
> variable stroke, and add new non-variable stroke to it.
>
> Are you sure this is how it's supposed to work?
>