Why this problem with fills in Inkscape when I change a path?

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I'm not sure what, about the path and fill in your screenshot, is the problem. Would you please describe the problem a little bit more? (i.e. what steps you take, tools, buttons, keys, etc.)

The screenshot looks like you have 2 paths -- one with blue fill and no stroke. The red one -- I'm not sure if you have a red stroke and no fill, or if the red is the path outline and the path actually has neither stroke or fill.

Did you use the bucker fill tool to create the blue fill? If so, it will have created a separate object which won't automatically adjust when you change the path that you filled.

For what you want, you probably don't need the bucket fill at all. Just select your path and click on one of the colour swatches at the bottom of the Inkscape window to set a fill colour. You can adjust the colour using the fill and stroke dialogue. In that case the fill and stroke both apply to a single object, so adjusting the path will cause the fill to match it.

Hi

It is very easy to replicate my problem:
1. - Create a circle
2. - Select the menu: Path> Object to Path
3. - Select the tool 'Edit paths by nodes'
4. - Move a node of the circle to different positions until it reproduces the effect
The red path, which I've done, will not be the end result and it is not posible to control. So I can not precisely control paths.

Hhhmm.....I am not able to reproduce that.
And now I'm confused what the problem is. My understanding from your first message is that you would move a node/path but that the fill did not correspond to the changes. But now it sounds more like the problem is not being able to control the path. Could you clarify please?

Also, could you provide an SVG file showing the problem? Then we can download and see it directly, once we know what to look for

Hi Brynn

You are right, It is exactly what happens to me, that I move a node/path and that the fill sometimes does not correspond to the changes. It happens to me in any document. Windows 7/Inkscape 0.48.2 r9819

And you're sure that there is just one object there, in your screenshot?

If it were just not being able to control the path, I might think that you could be using the Pen tool in Spiro Spline mode. But even with that, I can't get the fill to behave as it appears for you. Well, you could check and make sure your Pen tool is in Bezier mode with Shape: none. But if that's not the problem or doesn't solve the problem, would you please show us an SVG file that exhibits the problem. You could attach to your next reply, or upload wherever you choose, and give us the link.

This happens to me with any document that I create. I also have a Mac and it does not happen on the Mac

Aahh....well, I guess your immediate solution is to use the Mac for Inkscape work.

We might be able to offer more definitive info....well, any info at all, really, if we could see the actual SVG file where the problem occurs. You could upload as an attachment to your next reply, or upload wherever you choose, then give us the link. This is a necessary first step in determining first, what's causing this, so you can use Inkscape, and ultimately whether this is a bug that should be reported.

Since this is the 3rd time I've requested the SVG file, I have to assume that there's some reason why you don't want to share it. But it really is the only hope we have of figuring this out. The problem you describe is not something I've ever seen, and apparently no one else has either, since no one else has replied. I might or might not personally be able to find the problem. But other members know Inkscape much better than I do, and who probably can figure it out. But they have to be able to open the SVG file.