Pencil tool, B-Spline mode, Shape: Bend from Clipboard, issue

brynn brynn
2026-04-05T13:41:44Z

#### Summary:

Pencil tool in B-Spline mode, using Shape: Bend from Clipboard.

It looks like the B-Spline LPE is not applied to the path - only Bend. As far as I understand, it should have both LPEs applied.

#### Steps to reproduce:

- open Inkscape
- enable the Pencil tool
- draw a simple shape and copy to the clipboard
- click the B-Spline mode button on the tool controls bar (3rd from left)
- choose Bend from Clipboard in the Shape dropdown menu
- draw a path with the Pencil

Or use my sample file for testing.

#### What happened?

- notice that the path does not display the B-Spline LPE acting on it
- notice that B-Spline LPE is not enabled in the LPE dialog, or displayed in the status bar

#### What should have happened?

The path should look like the B-Spline LPE is acting on it.
When that happens, both the LPE dialog and the status bar should indicate it.

I came across this while working on writing the new manual, otherwise I never would have stumbled on it. I don't imagine this feature is used very often. But there does seem to be something wrong, so I'm reporting it :grinning:

Sample attachments:

![pencil_b-spline_issue.svg](/uploads/477bef6347f93dce74de37c1e9eced86/pencil_b-spline_issue.svg){width=900 height=194}

#### Version info

I'm pretty sure I have the current 1.5 version. At least the most current version for my system, that does not need to be compiled.

Edit

It seems the Bend for Clipboard option for the Pen tool, in B-Spline mode, is also missing the B-Spline LPE.

Edit #2

Hopefully this can be fixed for 1.5, so that I can get proper screenshots for the manual? Thanks!

```
Inkscape 1.5-dev (d4d38f3, 2026-03-19)

Compile (Run)
GLib version: 2.80.0
GTK version: 4.14.5 (4.14.5)
glibmm version: 2.78.1
gtkmm version: 4.14.0
libxml2 version: 2.9.14
libxslt version: 1.1.39
Cairo version: 1.18.0 (1.18.0)
Pango version: 1.52.1 (1.52.1)
HarfBuzz version: 8.3.0 (8.3.0)
Poppler version: 24.02.0

OS version: Linux Mint 22

```

❤️ Thank you