Thanks - I missed the slightly odd selection mode - i was trying to SHIFT-Click on the two points which didn't seem to work. I googled a bit more and found that a box/window selection to the two points seems to be the right way to do it.

Thanks again for the help though.

-ace

Hi folks, I'm struggling a little with what I think is quite a basic problem. I have the shape below (a rectangle with a couple of slots cut in it) - the lower slots have been chopped off from the screen grab. I'd like to move the edge labelled X down a few MM (so that the gap between the top of the...

Thank you - that's a really helpful technique.
--Ace

folks, I'm trying to use inkscape to design something that will be laser cut. Its a frame to hold some LCD/Oled displays, and thus the mounting hole positions have to be accurately aligned. The lack of being able to dimension constraints is getting a little frustrating, and I wondered if I'm doing i...