: Connector lines with knee (angle, multiple nodes) in Inkscape? Let's say I have two rectangles, and I use the Connector Tool to connect their centers (which are the only ones indicated when

@Turnbaugh909

Create a small circle or square (fill only) with the same dimensions as your connectors’ line width and the same colour. This is your makeshift knee node.
Create a connector from your first object to that knee node.
Create a connector from your knee node to your second object.
Use square caps for your connectors.


Steps 2. and 3. require some target practice or zooming. Moving the knee will be somewhat nasty as it is difficult to select. I suggest selecting it with the rectangle selection tool and move it with the arrow keys.

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@Speyer780

No it is not possible to keep a node static in between, after altering the position of end node. The connector lines doesn't behave like normal path. It keeps on updating as soon as you change the position of the objects. The connector creates a path with minimum number of nodes. So even after adding a node between the path if you try to move the position of the object the connector gets updated but deletes the new node (to maintain the minimum number of nodes in the connector path) created.
You can convert the path to a normal path by simplifying if adding a node in the path is critical, but the live behavior of updating the path once the object is moved is lost.

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