Author Topic: Name/label for markers in stroke & fill menu  (Read 2878 times)

January 20, 2017, 03:50:24 AM
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tgilbert

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I am using Inkscape 0.92 (just upgraded from 0.91 in hopes of fixing my issue!) on Windows 7, and I do not see the names for markers in the Fill & Stroke object menu. I can see the tiny graphic in the pull down menu, but not a label.

A client has asked me to use a specific arrow head, but I can't distinguish them. I see in a few tutorial websites (eg this one) that there should be a label associated with the markers, but for some reason these do not show in my program. Is this a known bug?

Is there another place where I can see the name of the marker to confirm the markers being used? I need to be able to confirm if a line has Arrow2Lstart for example instead of a different arrow on it.

January 20, 2017, 05:52:10 AM
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Welcome to the forum!

That is for custom markers, and the label does appear for markers you make yourself.  The only thing I could suggest is to make yourself a resource kind of document, where you use all of the built in markers on the canvas.  Then once they are on the canvas, you can look in the XML Editor to find the name of each one.

I did find a file markers.svg in the install directory Inkscape/share/markers.  But when I open it, the canvas is blank.  When I open the XML Editor, it is showing all the markers there, but I don't understand why you can't see them on the canvas.  It must be some programmer magic.  (I saw something similar when I installed a custom symbol file, but I don't understand how it works.)

I also found, in Inkscape/docs a file called markers_design.txt.  It give some kind of general info for designing markers, and might help you indirectly.

I guess your client must have some SVG files, and is looking into the XML to find the name of a marker.  If they could share that file with you, that might help as well.

Oh, I just found another file that might help you.  It's also called markers.svg but it's in Inkscape/share/examples.  It looks like just a bunch of markers on the canvas, and if the one you need happens to be there, you can use the XML Editor to find out.

Sorry, I wish I could be more helpful.
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January 20, 2017, 07:01:08 AM
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tgilbert

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Thank you for your reply! I will see if any of your suggestions is helpful for this, but it sounds like I will not be able to see the labels for the markers when selecting them, according to this bug report I found. Obviously previous versions of the program showed these arrow names which is probably where my client got them from.

Very glad I found this forum anyway, as it looks like a great resource!

January 20, 2017, 07:23:17 AM
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Oh, I didn't realize the labels were visible in the dropdown menu in previous versions.  I guess I don't use markers very much.

Well then another option for you might be to use an older version.  On this page, you can find how to get older versions:  https://inkscape.org/en/download/  If you get a 7z package, you could even have both versions available on your system.
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January 20, 2017, 07:28:50 AM
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That sounds like a possible workaround for now. I really appreciate your help!  :)