Thanks, microUgly, for your reply. I later realized that selections que is a small square icon top left hand of object in place of the usual dashed boxes. Used most likely when there are several overlapping objects to select from. If there is any other advantage specific to using selection que, it w...

two questions at the most basic level. In the Inkscape Preferences Dialog box , I was not able to see the effect of checking or un-checking the box next to "show selection cue". Are there simple short-cuts to directly click and assign from an object or path its ( fill stroke stroke-style a...

Thank you EarlyBlake, This should make things a lot better for me. I have just now joined the IF, been using Inkscape on and off for a couple of years. I am going to search through the IF for a compilation of tips and tricks in the one file. It could give a lot of good ideas to the infrequent / aver...

Thanks prkos,

I certainly was missing this important step. Funny thing is that I have been using Inkscape ( very infrequently ) since March 2007, and I never discovered the Combine Paths operation. Only group and ungroup.

Much obliged.
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Hi, a very basic question: 1. How can I make sure my selection for fill color, stroke color, and stroke style persist? The selection I make for one tool does not carry over to the other tool. I end up using the dropper tool :tool_dropper: to select a previously used color, but even then the change d...

Hi I was having no luck in selecting the endpoints of the two Bezier curves. Even with the selector tool, and windowing, both curves show up in separate "boxes", and when one end point is selected and highlighted, the highlighting drops when the start of the other curve is clicked with the...