Discoverable way to do the same thing as the Text Tool
Hi all,
I use the Text Tool, the little icon containing an A and a cursor, quite a bit and am now writing documentation on how to do things. To a newbie all those icons get confusing, so I'm looking for way to use the text tool from the menu system, and couldn't find it. I know I can also press the t key, but this isn't really discoverable either.
How do you invoke the Text Tool from the menu system?
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt http://444domains.com
hello, SteveT,
I think the icon may overflow the toomenu. could you try to drag the boder of the toolbar and change the toolbar width, may the icon will appear.
BrightH
From: Steve Litt Date: 2024-08-02 15:17 To: inkscape-user Subject: [Inkscape-user] Discoverable way to do the same thing as the Text Tool Hi all,
I use the Text Tool, the little icon containing an A and a cursor, quite a bit and am now writing documentation on how to do things. To a newbie all those icons get confusing, so I'm looking for way to use the text tool from the menu system, and couldn't find it. I know I can also press the t key, but this isn't really discoverable either.
How do you invoke the Text Tool from the menu system?
Thanks,
SteveT
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If the tooltip is not visible for some reason (It should be visible, if not please report an issue on https://inkscape.org/report), Inkscape also has a shortcuts list that you can view (and also change the shortcuts) in the Preferences dialog.
Go to Edit menu > Preferences > Interface :: Keyboard. That subdialog has a Search text field. If you type "text tool", you'll find the corresponding shortcut.
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-------- Original Message -------- On 02/08/24 2:39 pm, hc_hc_hc@126.com wrote:
hello, SteveT,
I think the icon may overflow the toomenu. could you try to drag the boder of the toolbar and change the toolbar width, may the icon will appear.
BrightH
From: [Steve Litt](mailto:slitt@troubleshooters.com) Date: 2024-08-02 15:17 To: [inkscape-user](mailto:inkscape-user@lists.inkscape.org) Subject: [Inkscape-user] Discoverable way to do the same thing as the Text Tool Hi all,
I use the Text Tool, the little icon containing an A and a cursor, quite a bit and am now writing documentation on how to do things. To a newbie all those icons get confusing, so I'm looking for way to use the text tool from the menu system, and couldn't find it. I know I can also press the t key, but this isn't really discoverable either.
How do you invoke the Text Tool from the menu system?
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt http://444domains.com _______________________________________________ Inkscape Users mailing list -- inkscape-user@lists.inkscape.org To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-user-leave@lists.inkscape.org
pulsar17 said on Fri, 02 Aug 2024 09:31:58 +0000
If the tooltip is not visible for some reason (It should be visible, if not please report an issue on https://inkscape.org/report), Inkscape also has a shortcuts list that you can view (and also change the shortcuts) in the Preferences dialog.
Go to Edit menu > Preferences > Interface :: Keyboard. That subdialog has a Search text field. If you type "text tool", you'll find the corresponding shortcut.
I didn't express my needs well enough. I can access the text tool, and the text tool's tool tip message works. I'm well aware of Ctrl+t.
My problem is I have to tell Inkscape newbies how to access the text tool. Describing or even showing the the icon won't work for a newbie because there are so many situations where icons look similar (layers vs align and distribute, for instance, and there are so many icons, it's hard to look from icon to icon to locate the text icon. Ctrl+t is easy, but forgettable. What I need is a way to invoke the text tool from the menu system, in order to best serve the Inkscape newbies who will be reading my document.
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt
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