Guys,

On 2015-09-26 12:00, Brynn wrote:

You're talking about the arrow with the word "Vent" in it? Oh, then you're talking about the Paint Bucket tool!

Why don't you just select that path, which forms the arrow, and use a regular Fill?

I wonder if you and the op are thinking somewhat in terms of raster graphics. For vector graphics, the closed path and regular fill would be the appropriate way to approach it, imo.

I guess as a workaround, you could close all the layers, except the one with the object you need to fill. Then you could use the Paint Bucket to fill it, and then re-open the other layers. But the more appropriate vector approach would be to fill the closed path. In my opinion :-)

I did end up using both the regular object fills and the paint bucket while temporarily turning some layers off.

Phil.

All best, brynn

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From: "Jean-Fran?oisLemaire" <[hidden email]> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 1:54 AM To: "Inkscape User Community" <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Fill "only on one layer"

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On Thursday 24 September 2015 20:21:09 Brynn wrote:

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Do you mean that you want to fill all closed spaces on a layer, with 1 click? Do you mean enclosed spaces or closed paths? Or both?

Hello Brynn. See attachment for an example. Let's say I wanted to fill the arrow in that example which is on a layer above the other paths below. The fill tool stopped at the first limiting paths it found. To fill the arrow in this example I have to hide the other layers. A "this layer only" option would make it possible to fill the arrow in one go.

Hope this clears what I understood of the original request.

Cheers, JFL -- Jean-Fran?ois Lemaire