Using SHIFT to force horizontal/vertical drawing "remembers" last position and draws line from that

[patrick_h_lauke]

When drawing (e.g. with the pixel tool), pressing SHIFT clamps the drawing to just horizontal or vertical movement. However, it seems to also "remember" the last position where drawing took place, and it draws a line from that last known position to the current cursor position first. I don't think this is intended behavior.

Steps to reproduce:

1. open a fresh new document

2. use pixel tool

3. press mouse button (but don't move the mouse yet) and keep pressed

4. then press SHIFT and keep it pressed

5. move in the horizontal or vertical direction you want to draw a straight line

Expected:

Drawing starts from the point where I first pressed the mouse, clamped to either horizontal or vertical.

Actual:

As soon as the mouse moves by one pixel, a line is first drawn from the last known position where this sort of clamped drawing happened. On a completely fresh document, this is the 0/0 origin.

 

Attached an animated GIF showing this bug on a freshly opened document.

[patrick_h_lauke]

To work around this, I currently have to move at least one pixel in the direction I want to draw first (at step 3) BEFORE i press SHIFT.

[sb101]

I also have that on my list, one expects a straight line.

greets

s.

 

[Chris B]

That... is broken. I will pass this over—thank you.