Windows – Change the length of a line and keep same width

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How do I resize a line without changing the width of the line in Inkscape?

Scenario: I have already drawn a horizontal line and want to make it longer. If I select the line, use the resize handle to the middle right and resize then the width of the line
becomes larger as I drag to right to make the line longer. The Shift, Ctrl and Alt keyboard modifiers do not seem to have the desired effect either.

I have looked through the tutorials available from http://www.inkscape.org/doc/ and
checked the Inkscape FAQ


Platform: Inkscape v0.46 (2008-03-10), Windows XP 64 bit, 8 GB RAM.

Best Answer

On the far right side of the Tool Controls Bar, you'll find four buttons (to the right of the "Affect:" label; see the screenshot below). You can use those to control which aspects of an object are affected by, e.g. resizing operations.

The four "affect" buttons on the Tool Controls Bar

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