Freehand Line Feature Request

**Sheff** · 16 January 2015, 10:11 PM

When drawing with the Freehand Line Tool, it would be nice if it would pick up line colors with the Alt Button as the Eyedropper tool.

**gwpriester** · 16 January 2015, 11:08 PM

Shef - I would expand this to make the Alt key trigger the eyedropper tool whenever it is appropriate. Illustrator and Photoshop work this way and it is very convenient.

**Sheff** · 19 January 2015, 05:02 PM

Try creating a shape with an elliptical fill. Then give it a line color. You can't edit the line color at all in the color editor. It only gives you the choice of making changes to the elliptical fill.

**gwpriester** · 19 January 2015, 05:19 PM

Hmm. I don't think this is correct.

I created an ellipse, applied an elliptical fill then added an outline.

In the Color Editor I show start, end, and outline colors.

Are you sure you added an outline?

**mwenz** · 19 January 2015, 05:22 PM

Might be missing something...and I am using X9.

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**Sheff** · 19 January 2015, 06:21 PM

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I added a stroke profile to the outline.

**mwenz** · 19 January 2015, 06:47 PM

Hey, there we go.

Thanks, Sheff

**mwenz** · 19 January 2015, 06:55 PM

It is a bug...

Between now and when Xara fixes it, select the object with the elliptical fill, choose the fill tool. The line color is then available in the Color Editor.