# Pressing the Shift key prevents the drawing of straight lines. Is this considered a bug?

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**Created:** [March 17, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/pressing-the-shift-key-prevents-the-drawing-of-straight-lines-is-this-considered-a-bug/28188 "2026-03-17T20:48:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![ac2331995](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/ac2331995/32/22707_2.png) [@ac2331995](https://community.aseprite.org/u/ac2331995)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/pressing-the-shift-key-prevents-the-drawing-of-straight-lines-is-this-considered-a-bug/28188/1 "2026-03-17T20:48:52Z")

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Why can’t the latest version preview or draw a straight line when holding down the Shift key and clicking between two points? Instead, it needs to be combined with Ctrl or Alt.