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selected objects are unfilled

Asked by Bruce Clothier

I open a new document. I select 'rectangle', but the shape is blank ( no colour) and the 'o' handles are separated. I click on the file and the 'rectangle' disappears.

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Mc (mc...) said : 		#1

Please check whether the object opacity (see the 'O' setting in the status bar) and fill/stroke transparency (alpha) settings of the created objects ('A' slider in the Fill&Stroke dialog) are > 0.

These opacity/transparency values are taken from the 'last style used' and could currently be set to '0' depending on the last edited / created objects. Sometimes - after having edited a gradient (colors or opacity of the gradient stops) on-canvas - its opacity value is picked up by the global desktop style (last style used).

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Bruce Clothier (clothier-bruce) said : 		#2

Hello and many thanks. You're absolutely right; it was the opacity set to 0.
I found the answer in the mass of emails after carefully sifting through,
but
 I'd already sent the question because none of the topics looked relevant.
Theres a lot to learn about this software!
Regards
Bruce

On 20 November 2015 at 11:26, Mc <email address hidden>
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> Your question #274960 on Inkscape changed:
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> Mc proposed the following answer:
> Please check whether the object opacity (see the 'O' setting in the
> status bar) and fill/stroke transparency (alpha) settings of the created
> objects ('A' slider in the Fill&Stroke dialog) are > 0.
>
> These opacity/transparency values are taken from the 'last style used'
> and could currently be set to '0' depending on the last edited / created
> objects. Sometimes - after having edited a gradient (colors or opacity
> of the gradient stops) on-canvas - its opacity value is picked up by the
> global desktop style (last style used).
>
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#3

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