Hiya, this was a bit tricky to try to figure out because my search just kept coming back with how to manipulate paths themselves, but that's not what I'm after; there are UI representations for anchor points and handles, but on a large monitor it's tricky to see, let alone land the mouse cursor exactly on target (especially if you're a leftie, as I must use my non-dominant hand to control the mouse which is therefore less than accurate).

This is a bit exaggerated, but here's a visualization of what I mean, with what I see currently:



And what I'd ideally like to change it to:



I've looked high and low but can't seem to find any setting to increase the display size for the handle points so that my target is larger. Of course I can zoom in to find one point among a tight cluster of others, but the on-screen size of each handle point never grows, so my target when mousing over is the same size but just spaced father apart from those nearby.

I'd greatly appreciate a way to edit this, as I waste a great deal of time missing the intended point I wish to click on, and have to either deselect if I grab the wrong one or try again if it hits empty space. Needing to lower my mouse speed for one program is the only suggestion I've come up with, but isn't useful since I need to pick up and repeatedly swipe to make my way across the screen, making it even more time consuming and rough on my carpal tunnels.

I only use Inkscape and passionately recommend it over Illustrator, despite needing to squint and take my time. I don't suppose it would be too friendly when I get older, I'd hate to struggle with this as an elderly person. Is there any existing solution to this, and if not, may I please recommend this option for improved assistance for the handicapped use-case?

Thanks so very much, and please keep up the fantastic work! I'm a huge fan and greatly appreciate everyone's hard work to make Inkscape amazing.

Hi.

Not a solution but you might find the "show handles" path effect useful -available in th current stabile release.
With that you can set a custom node handle size.

What about Edit > Preferences > Input/Output > Input devices > Handle size ?

It's well hidden in the wrong category, but it is there.

Yeah, every time I look for that handle setting, I search for 10 or 15 minutes!

Should we make an issue to move it to Inkscape Prefs > Interface ?

And by "we", I mean "I". Or does anyone know if it's already been requested?

Yes, make an issue, Brynn. It has been put into a really silly, unlogical place.