"Snap...." buttons is greyed out?

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toxigames
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"Snap...." buttons is greyed out?

Postby toxigames » Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:53 pm

So suddenly most of the "Snap..." buttons are disabled. The one I need enabled and have used for a long time is "Snap cusp nodes, incl. rectangle corners". If I open a new document the buttons are enabled and can be switched on/off. But if I load this particular document, most snap buttons are greyed out. Why is this? And how do I enable those buttons again?

I am using 0.91.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Re: "Snap...." buttons is greyed out?

Postby brynn » Tue Sep 08, 2015 2:19 am

I guess you mean they can't be enabled by clicking on them? What about the top button ("Enable snapping")? Will that one work?

When you say "most snap buttons are greyd out", which ones are, which ones aren't?

You realize that some of them can't be clicked until others are clicked, right? For example, if the top button isn't clicked, none of the buttons will work. If "Snap nodes and handles" button isn't clicked, none of the node/path snapping buttons underneath it will click.

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Re: "Snap...." buttons is greyed out?

Postby toxigames » Tue Sep 08, 2015 4:45 am

brynn wrote:I guess you mean they can't be enabled by clicking on them? What about the top button ("Enable snapping")? Will that one work?

When you say "most snap buttons are greyd out", which ones are, which ones aren't?

You realize that some of them can't be clicked until others are clicked, right? For example, if the top button isn't clicked, none of the buttons will work. If "Snap nodes and handles" button isn't clicked, none of the node/path snapping buttons underneath it will click.


Okay... it works now...? But I was positive I couldn't get them to work because I quadruple checked it again and again, trying all combinations of buttons, restarting Inkscape and my computer several times. I feel stupid.

Thanks for the help! :)

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Re: "Snap...." buttons is greyed out?

Postby brynn » Tue Sep 08, 2015 7:58 am

Oh, don't worry. We all have days like that sometimes ;)


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