This bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/212109 has the statement: "...the actual cursor is displaced by a few hundred..." but seems related to Wacom tablets only.
Are you using a Wacom?
(For me the center of the star is always where I first click)
-Rob A>
I have opened a map in Inkscape, and I want to draw several stars to mark points on the map where attractions may be found. I choose the star shape tool from the tool bar, put the cursor on the spot where I want to put the first star, click and drag. It draws a star, but some distance from the point where I want it, and not a predictable distance or direction from where I put the cursor. Then I tried to select it in order to move it to the point where I want it, by clicking on it with the selection tool. It won't select. If I leave it selected after drawing it, I can't drag it where I want it. If I copy it and paste it, it pastes under the point where the word "paste" was in the edit dialog. How is this supposed to work?
-Joe Ward