Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: inkscape (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
Text tool is counterintuitive beyond unusability
Status in Inkscape:
New
Status in inkscape package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
I click on the "A" on the left panel in order to create text.
I click on the "T" on the right panel so that text properties such as font
face, size, alignment and the like show up.
I select "Dejavu Sans Mono", "bold" and centered.
I draw a rectangle in the document to create the area for writing text.
At this point all the text properties I had set are forgotten, and go
back to Sans, normal, and left-aligned. Plus black is now selected as
the fill color despite I had selected white like a dozen times before.
So I select white again.
So, while the text rectangle is there and the cursor is blinking, I go
to the "Text and Font" window which is still open, and I select Dejavu
Sans Mono, bold and centered AGAIN.
I click Apply.
Now finally I can write my text and it preserves the properties.
Now I draw another text rectangle somwhere else. Fuck, it has again
all the default values for everything. I set them right. NOTE that you
must remember to do this AFTER you have drawn the text area rectangle
and while it is selected, not before, otherwise it will be useless.
Now I want to move and resize a little bit the former text area. So I click
within it, that selects it. Fine. But I only see a small diamond on the lower
right corner, not on the top-left, so i can only resize from that end. I can't
seem to be able to move the textbox.
After trying clicking here and there, I find out that by clicking on the
diamond on the bottom right corner, a square appears on the top-left too, so I
do can move it and resize it as expected; took a while to figure out, though.
All this process is painful. Compare this to doing the same task in GIMP, for
example, that's waay easier and more intuitive. And note that GIMP is far
from being a brilliant example of usability.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: inkscape 0.48.4-3ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Jun 13 19:21:01 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (244 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: inkscape
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (19 days ago)
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