Holding down alt key while using the pen tool should unlink the control points.

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Currently, when you create a path with the pen tool all control points are 
linked. This means you must draw a rough shape of what you want, then enter 
unlinked path mode and redo all your nodes.

Illustrator and Photoshop unlink the control points when you press Alt while 
drawing a path, and they re-link it if you release the key. Fireworks does not 
re-link the control points.

This feature allows you to draw bezier curves 'on the fly' without having to go 
back to adjust your nodes and it is used a lot in vector drawing.

I'm willing to give this a go, but I'd like to know if there's any 
pitfalls/conflicts whatsoever.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by duopi...@gmail.com on 23 Mar 2012 at 1:50

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I'd say go for it, anything that can make SE feels more familiar to others is a 
good thing. I'm afraid I can't offer much, I've never dealt with path editing 
code.

Original comment by asyazwan on 23 Mar 2012 at 3:08

• Changed state: Started
• Added labels: NeededFor-Future, Priority-Low, Section-PathEditing
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium

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I was in the process of trying to move the path code into its own JS module and 
only got part of the way.  I'd really love for that code to be fully moved into 
its own JS file (path.js) as part of any work on it :)

Original comment by codedr...@gmail.com on 24 Mar 2012 at 12:20