Are you on Linux, Windows or Mac? If you're on Linux, try renaming the .inkscape hidden folder in your home directory and restarting or re-installing Inkscape. If there are some weird settings then reinstalling might still use your old settings unless you delete or rename this folder.
I don't have a Windows (or Mac) machine to check what it is on those systems, but there should be a folder that holds the preferences.xml file which holds your settings. You want to try renaming or deleting that file and re-starting (or reinstalling) Inkscape.
RQ
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Joe Ward <bluegrass_joe@...12...> wrote:
Yes, they all do. If I zoom in on the page so that it takes up most ofthe canvas, the object drawn seems to show up on the page, but at some distance from where I put the cursor when I begin. I'm using a mouse. -Joe
----- Original Message ----- *From:* Richard Querin <rfquerin@...155...> *To:* Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net *Sent:* Wednesday, December 10, 2008 7:48 PM *Subject:* Re: [Inkscape-user] Drawing problem
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Joe Ward <bluegrass_joe@...12...> wrote:
I want to learn to use Inkscape in conjunction with Scribus to put out a newsletter. I want to create a box to go around a photograph and then import it into Scribus. In Inkscape, I click on the rectangle tool and drag as instructed, and nothing seems to happen. Then I scroll the window, and find that I've drawn a box below the desktop or canvas or whatever it's called. How can I cause the program to draw the box where I click and drag? I uninstalled the program and downloaded and installed it again, but the same thing happens in the second installation.
Joe Ward
That sounds strange. Are you just using a mouse or do you have a tablet as well? A lot of times people draw objects that are transparent (zero opacity) but I've never heard of an object being drawn in the wrong place. Have you tried any other of the drawing tools like the star tool, circle tool or the freehand line tool? Do those exhibit the same behaviour?
RQ
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