I also noticed that fill only extends to the edge of the screen, so if you have a large skinny object to fill you need to be zoomed out but then you get very strange effects.

ragstian wrote:Hi.
Normally there are no "need" for a bucket fill tool. I see it as a "leftover" from pixel based programs.
To "fill" your shape make sure the shape is "closed" by joining end nodes if necessary, then use the stroke & fill menu (Shift Ctrl F) to set the fill.
ragstian wrote:Hi
Can you post (part of) the troublesome file. Someone might be able to figure out how to "join" the nodes (without making it worse)
ryann wrote:I must have hovered over every button 10 times and looked all through the menus, but I can't find anything called "merge double nodes". I googled "inkscape 'merge double nodes'" as well.
ragstian wrote:To join the nodes try;
select all the paths you wish to join,
combine paths ( CTRL K )
enter "node mode" ( F2 )
select all nodes ( Ctrl A )
click the "Join Selected Nodes" Icon.