... during drawing of shape e.g. red:



Anyone else find this?

Inkscape V0.48.

Yes, that's correct. It's known. I don't think it's a bug because how can Inkscape identify the snap target, if it's outside the canvas. Maybe it technically is a bug, I just don't know. The solution is to scroll the canvas, so that the area you need is visible, or zoom out, or use one of the other several ways of scaling. Please see Launchpad to search for bugs: https://launchpad.net/inkscape

brynn wrote:Yes, that's correct. It's known.

Thanks.

brynn wrote:I don't think it's a bug because how can Inkscape identify the snap target, if it's outside the canvas.

By looking at the document - not the view.

You are asking for an element - that you can't see - to snap to a grid point - that you also can't see - when you are dragging a cursor that is no longer in the window? Is that correct?

druban wrote:You are asking for an element - that you can't see - to snap to a grid point - that you also can't see - when you are dragging a cursor that is no longer in the window? Is that correct?

Yes.