Hi all,

for some reason, it seems ridiculously easy to loose tour entire unfinished path irretrievably on inkscape? Please tell me there is a way to get it back.

e.g. Using Bezier tool (pen tool) to draw outline - accidentally pressed 'e', which changed tool and entire path was immediately gone? undo does not get it back.

Please advise? Am I doing something wrong. Can I get this back?

Thanks for any help.

Hi.

There is no such thing that would track the layed down nodes while the path tool is active as far as I know.
Not even in raster programs, where you would need to interrupt a brush stroke.

What else to try?
Lay down most of the nodes, and use the node tool to ajust the path after.
That way a sudden tool change won't destroy the work.

At the time when you lost it, it wasn't actually a path yet. But that's just the way Inkscape works.

Try making smaller sections of the path at a time. Then if you accidentally lose it, you just lose that little section. Double-click to end the path, and that's when the real path appears. Then you'll see the tiny open square at the end (and beginning) of the path. When you put the tool inside that tiny square (it will become filled with red, when the mouse is in the proper position, although it's often hard too detect) and click once, you have started to extend the path.