(08-10-2023, 11:11 PM)Ken Shirriff Wrote: What is going on
You are messing up with shortcuts keyboard, instead of doing Ctrl+V, you're doing Ctrl+B (V and B are just beside on the keyboard)
(08-10-2023, 11:11 PM)Ken Shirriff Wrote: what does the mysterious circle/tangent cursor mean
This is the path tool



Repetitive and fast shorcuts on your keyboard can lead to mistake and call the path tool, just hit "M" to get back the move tool or when you Ctrl+V, check that you don't hit the B just beside....

Patrice