: Is it possible to get Inkscape's bucket fill to entirely fill regions marked by lines? I've noticed there's a slight gap between shapes and lines in which bucket-fill is applied (to the enclosed

@Welton168

Try adjusting your fill's "Threshold" to 100, if it isn't. I ran into the same issue. My threshold (default) was set to 15.

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@Murray664

Select all the Paths with :tool_selector:
Duplicate them (Ctrl+D)
Convert them to paths (Ctrl+Alt+C)
Create a union from the paths
(Ctrl+Shift+ + )
Break Apart the new shape (Ctrl+Shift+k)


One of the shape is an exact fill. delete all others.

This is a much more fool proof solution for a complex graphic like a map or a drawing with lot of small regions and turns.

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@Speyer780

The area of fill (inset/outset) can be controlled by using grow/shrink option displayed in control panel when paint bucket is selected. Setting this value less than 0 (negative) makes the fill path smaller (ref image 1). Here I have set the value to -5px.


Setting the value greater than 1 (positive) makes the fill path larger than the enclosed area (ref image 2). Have set this value to +5 px.


Thus the required fill can be achieved by varying the values.

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@BetL875

Using the bucket fill tool in Inkscape generates an additional object with dimensions and shape extrapolated from the strokes enclosing an area.

This will lead to some visible rounding errors at the new object's border:



Here is how to remove this white line between the stroke of the original and the new fill object:


Select the fill object.
Open the Fill & Stroke menu for this object (ShiftCtrlF)
Define a stroke with a color identical to the fill
Make the stroke width > 1 px.
Lower the fill object below the original stroke (PageDown)

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