I want to put a line with text along it over a rectangle that has a gradient fill.
while I can accomplish this I found that the text is bunched at one end of the line (where the gradient fill is most dense) and at the other end the text is widely spaced. This might suggest that the gradient fill is influencing the presentation of the text, even though they are on different layers. (Side note: I have no experience or knowledge of vector based graphic applications)

Following the instructions in the help function I created a rectangle with a gradient fill.
Then added another layer and put the line on the new layer.
Created the text and used the "text menu" to put the text on the line. Worked perfectly but with the characteristics noted above.
Thinking I could explore this problem I created a separate straight line and added text, there was no background. This worked as expected - the text was placed at the beginning of the line and was evenly spaced.
However, the help function tells me that using the Option Key (Mac based, otherwise defined as the alt key) I can move the text along the path. That appears not to work. Instead the text cursor moves one character at a time along the text. I tried various key combinations but couldn't find a way to move the text along the path.

All of this might be "cockpit error" and if so I would appreciate it if anyone could direct me to resources that explain how to accomplish what I want (text on line over gradient, and moving text along a path).
Otherwise if I'm detecting bugs I'd appreciate confirmation so that I can submit a report.

Details:
OSX 10.5.5
X11
Inkscape 0.46

Thanks

I can't reproduce this. Can you provide the file for examination? I assume you're using Inkscape v0.46

microUgly wrote:I can't reproduce this. Can you provide the file for examination? I assume you're using Inkscape v0.46

Correct,
I put the file here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?umnmmnjhz2d

Thanks.

That's bizarre. I can see what's happening with the file you posted, but I can't reproduce it with a new line. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the gradient. If you move the line off the rectangle-with-gradient, the text is still squished. Try lengthening and shortening the line. The text moves around in an odd way. It's definitely something weird with the line and not the text, though, because removing the text from the path and putting it on a new path doesn't show the behavior. The line does have some text properties in its style attribute that I thought might be causing it, but removing those has no effect. I can't create a new line with the odd behavior. Maybe this is one for the devs?

kelan wrote:That's bizarre. I can see what's happening with the file you posted, but I can't reproduce it with a new line. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the gradient. If you move the line off the rectangle-with-gradient, the text is still squished. Try lengthening and shortening the line. The text moves around in an odd way. It's definitely something weird with the line and not the text, though, because removing the text from the path and putting it on a new path doesn't show the behavior. The line does have some text properties in its style attribute that I thought might be causing it, but removing those has no effect. I can't create a new line with the odd behavior. Maybe this is one for the devs?

I can reproduce the problem

So I wonder if this could be platform related?