Hi, I'm new to Inkscape and been trying to figure out the simple things, like dealing with shapes.

When creating a rectangle, I've been setting its side's lenghts in the Tool Bar, writing W and H values.
I just created a 10 X 10 px square this way, but when I selected it (with the Selection Tool), the values showed in the Select - Tool Bar for H and W were different than the ones I set in the Rectangle - Tool Bar: they showed 10,702 px. I changed this numbers back to 10, but after choosing the Rectangle Tool again and clicking on the rectangle I created, the W and H values (showed in the Rectangle - Tool Bar) are now 9,344 px. I did some research but couldn't find anything that explained it.
I noticed that the selection lenghts are always bigger than the rectangle lenghts, but I don't know why.
If someone could please tell me why it behaves this way...

Tnx!!

ramonbarrio wrote:I noticed that the selection lenghts are always bigger than the rectangle lenghts, but I don't know why.
If someone could please tell me why it behaves this way.

The rectangle tool's controls indicate the rectangle's size before stroke. The select tool's controls and bounding box (marquee) can indicate the size of the object's path plus its stroke.

http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL ... oundingbox

Thanks, tylerdurden, this is exactly what was happening, I just corrected the stroke width and everything is fine.
Tnx!