6.18.  Stroke Path

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Revision $Revision: 2419 $ 2006-07-27 sally

The Stroke Path command strokes a path in the image. There are two ways you can stroke the path, either by using a paint tool, or without using one. There are various options which you can use to specify how this stroke should look.

[Note] Note

This command is active only if there is a path in your image.

The Choose Stroke Style dialog box allows you to choose between stroking the path with the options you specify or stroking it with a paint tool. If you stroke the path with a paint tool, the current paint tool options are used to draw the stroke.

Stroke line

The stroke is drawn with the current foreground color, set in the Toolbox. By clicking on the triangle next to Line Style however, the dialog expands and you can set several additional options:

Line Width

You can set the width of the stroke using the text box. The default unit is pixels, but you can choose another unit with the drop-down list button.

Solid color / Pattern

You can choose whether the line is drawn in the Solid or the Pattern style. Here, Solid and Pattern are distinct from the dash pattern. If you select a Solid line with no dash pattern, an unbroken line is drawn in the foreground color set in the Toolbox. If you select a Patterned line with no dash pattern, an unbroken line is drawn with the pattern set in the Toolbox. If you select a line with a dash pattern, the color or pattern is still determined by the foreground color or pattern set in the Toolbox. That is, if you select a marbled pattern and Patterned, dashed lines, the dashes are drawn in the marbled pattern

Line Style

This drop-list brings some detailed options :

Stroking with a Paint Tool
Paint Tool

You can select a paint tool to use to draw the stroke from the drop-down box. If you do that, the currently-selected options of the paint tool are used, rather than the settings in the dialog.