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* Fixed … ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/ Bug #], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/ MR #])
* Fixed … ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/ Bug #], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/ MR #])
* Improved a few user interface texts and added some missing icons back (Bugs [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3355 #3355], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/4193 #4193], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/4316 #4316], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/5393 MR #5393])
=== Dialogs ===
==== Layers and Objects ====
* Activating a layer in the dialog no longer leads to the layer being selected on-canvas as if it were a normal group, so you can activate a layer to draw in again directly. A second click is now needed to select the layer on-canvas ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/8423 Bug #8423], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/5394 MR #5394])
* The dialog's buttons for moving or deleting a layer or an object will now move and delete the right thing automatically, no matter the dialog's mode ('Layers only', or 'Layers and Objects') ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/7792 Bug inbox#7792], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/5394 MR #5394])
* When a layer is deleted, the next layer becomes the active layer again (instead of the document root) ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3839 Bug #3839], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/5394 MR #5394]).
==== Snap Panel ====
* The advanced snap popover panel now correctly shows all disabled sub-items as disabled ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3421 Bug #3421], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/5121 MR #5121])


=== Path Operations / Shape Builder ===
=== Path Operations / Shape Builder ===
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* Using the '''"Division"''' path operation and the '''Shape Builder''' tool now results in a '''much more reasonable number of nodes''' ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/471 Bug #471], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/4494 Bug #4494], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/5962 MR #5962])
* Using the '''"Division"''' path operation and the '''Shape Builder''' tool now results in a '''much more reasonable number of nodes''' ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/471 Bug #471], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/4494 Bug #4494], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/5962 MR #5962])


=== Text Tool ===
=== Tools ===
==== Text Tool ====


* Worked around a bug that happened with a certain, outdated Gtk setting, where trying to use the '''Text tool would freeze Inkscape''' (([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3664 Bug #3664], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/5236 MR #5236]))
* Worked around a bug that happened with a certain, outdated Gtk setting, where trying to use the '''Text tool would freeze Inkscape''' (([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3664 Bug #3664], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/5236 MR #5236]))


=== Linux-specific fixes ===
=== Linux-specific fixes ===
=== Windows-specific Fixes ===
=== Windows-specific Fixes ===
=== macOS-specific Fixes ===
=== macOS-specific Fixes ===
* Trying to dock a dialog underneath another dialog now no longer has a 100% crash rate. A few crashes may still occur, but it is fixed for the majority of cases ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/4111 Bug #4111], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/5489 MR #5489]).


=== Improvements for development / deployment ===
=== Improvements for development / deployment ===

Revision as of 16:55, 26 October 2023

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Release highlights

Definitely not released yet.

Inkscape 1.3.1 is a maintenance and bugfix release, which brings you … .

In addition to these bug fixes, this version features more than xx crash fixes, over xx bug fixes, x fixes for extension bugs, xx improved user interface translations, x improved documentation translations and updated documentation.

Crash fixes

Fixed a crash when …


Bug fixes

General


Dialogs

Layers and Objects

  • Activating a layer in the dialog no longer leads to the layer being selected on-canvas as if it were a normal group, so you can activate a layer to draw in again directly. A second click is now needed to select the layer on-canvas (Bug #8423, MR #5394)
  • The dialog's buttons for moving or deleting a layer or an object will now move and delete the right thing automatically, no matter the dialog's mode ('Layers only', or 'Layers and Objects') (Bug inbox#7792, MR #5394)
  • When a layer is deleted, the next layer becomes the active layer again (instead of the document root) (Bug #3839, MR #5394).


Snap Panel

  • The advanced snap popover panel now correctly shows all disabled sub-items as disabled (Bug #3421, MR #5121)


Path Operations / Shape Builder

  • Using the "Division" path operation and the Shape Builder tool now results in a much more reasonable number of nodes (Bug #471, Bug #4494, MR #5962)

Tools

Text Tool

  • Worked around a bug that happened with a certain, outdated Gtk setting, where trying to use the Text tool would freeze Inkscape ((Bug #3664, MR #5236))

Linux-specific fixes

Windows-specific Fixes

macOS-specific Fixes

  • Trying to dock a dialog underneath another dialog now no longer has a 100% crash rate. A few crashes may still occur, but it is fixed for the majority of cases (Bug #4111, MR #5489).

Improvements for development / deployment

Extension bug fixes

Complete as of 2022/05/24, see https://gitlab.com/inkscape/extensions/-/network/master for details

Bugfixes in particular extensions

Improvements that apply to all extensions

Translations

The following UI translations received updates (as of Oct. 23 2023):

  • Belarusian
  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Catalan
  • French
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Spanish
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Ukrainian
  • Vietnamese

The following documentation translations received updates:

Contributing to interface translations

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Documentation

Contributing to documentation and documentation translation

Contributions to the documentation translations, as well as improvements to its contents, are welcome at the inkscape-docs repository.

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