@Kirby, you might wish to consider reading the entire thread above, since there have been a number of very interesting points raised, indicating that the 'correct' answer is not entirely clear cut.
In any event, this has been fixed in the Inkscape trunk, which is the development version. The fix was committed to rev 11062, on March 8, 2012. see: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11062 you can see the effects of the fix by downloading a development version from http://inkscape.org/download/?lang=en/ or by waiting for the official release of 0.49 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/590686 Title: "Affect:" toolbar label should be renamed/removed Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: Fix Committed Status in “inkscape” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: inkscape The tool controls bar for the Select tool contains a button group with the label "Affect:". This label is inappropriate for a couple of reasons: 1. False implication that the buttons apply some sort of visual effect (blur, noise etc). The buttons actually control the effects of scale/move operations on borders, gradients and patterns. 2. Grammatical inconsistency. Most (perhaps all?) other toolbar labels are nouns for the related property ("Width:", "Force:", "Angle X" etc). "Affect:" is a verb. It would make sense to either remove the label or replace it with a suitable noun for the property being adjusted (maybe something like "Scale/move properties:" but less verbose!) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: inkscape 0.47.0-2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Jun 7 09:45:55 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100412) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: inkscape To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/590686/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
