What am I missing, why do the above answers not present the navigation path as per my 1st sentence? I searched post #2 which added to the obfuscation.
FWIW, I type in text on a form. Blank form fields need a straight line drawn diagonally across, so I select the function Draw Bezier curves and straight lines. Select and release the top left of the blank form field, drag the straight line to the bottom right and double click. Strangely, the line is not black. Inkscape 1.2 Fill has black selected and Stroke has none selected. So I select Stroke and change the Stroke Paint from No Paint to Flat colour (using black).
After the straight line now shows black rather than none, I'm finished and select another form field for adding text, but now the text is bold. So I have to change the Stroke from Flat colour, back to No Paint.
Seems like Inkscape default should have the text and lines as black without the messing around.
Of course this is after the fact of knowing, which distracted a quick 30 second form filling in, to a loooong research and frustration process.
Create some text in your drawing and format as you wish. Set the font, font size, fill colour, stroke width, etc. Open Inkscape preferences [shift+ctrl+p]. In the left panel, go to [Tools > Text Tool]. In the right panel, choose [Style of new objects > This tool's own style:] [Take from selection] Newly created text should match your initial text, no matter what style you use beforehand.
You can likewise set a default style for the bezier tool and all other drawing tools.
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Inkscape 1.2 -> Edit -> Preferences -> System -> Reset Preferences as per https://imagy.app/how-to-reset-inkscape-to-default-settings/
What am I missing, why do the above answers not present the navigation path as per my 1st sentence? I searched post #2 which added to the obfuscation.
FWIW, I type in text on a form. Blank form fields need a straight line drawn diagonally across, so I select the function Draw Bezier curves and straight lines. Select and release the top left of the blank form field, drag the straight line to the bottom right and double click. Strangely, the line is not black. Inkscape 1.2 Fill has black selected and Stroke has none selected. So I select Stroke and change the Stroke Paint from No Paint to Flat colour (using black).
After the straight line now shows black rather than none, I'm finished and select another form field for adding text, but now the text is bold. So I have to change the Stroke from Flat colour, back to No Paint.
Seems like Inkscape default should have the text and lines as black without the messing around.
Of course this is after the fact of knowing, which distracted a quick 30 second form filling in, to a loooong research and frustration process.
I have moved this post to its own topic as it was unrelated to MacOS tofu characters in the interface.
Please review the guidance here: https://inkscape.org/forums/questions/get-good-answers-here/
Create some text in your drawing and format as you wish. Set the font, font size, fill colour, stroke width, etc.
Open Inkscape preferences [shift+ctrl+p]. In the left panel, go to [Tools > Text Tool].
In the right panel, choose [Style of new objects > This tool's own style:] [Take from selection]
Newly created text should match your initial text, no matter what style you use beforehand.
You can likewise set a default style for the bezier tool and all other drawing tools.