Why can't the join tool be invoked in some cases

[EricP]

I'm trying to join open shapes to get a single path. The join shape tool on node tool context bar is doing that very well, but I'm often finding that it is greyed out and I can't figure what I did before differently (in the same working session) that made it active.

video : https://somup.com/cTlnQARYgU

file : 0_1764668601375_join paths.vstyler

[Subpath]

@EricP

Seems a bit curious, but one part looks like a path but isnt.
Maybe because it is made with one of the curve tools ?

Here a video with some description
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some pics

yellow arrow seems made with a curve tool
(you need to "convert it to curve" than the join will work)
red arrow is a real path

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here the ends of two "real" paths

[EricP]

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[EricP]

@Subpath thank you very much for looking into this. It makes perfect sense now that I needed to convert the spiral shape to curves

[Subpath]

@EricP

Aha
Your welcome

Btw. the "Extend Path Tool" could also be helpful
in some circumstances by working with Spirals
(should converted to curves first of course)