Release notes/1.4.4

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Changes and Bug Fixes

Definitely not released yet.

Highlights

Inkscape 1.4.4 is a maintenance and bugfix release, which brings you a few selected fixes for some irritating bugs, and comes with updated translations.

It is also a bridge release in the sense that it can be used to convert the planned Inkscape 1.5 multipage file format to the pre-1.5 multipage format. Versions lower than Inkscape 1.4.3 will not be able to interpret pages created in Inkscape versions 1.5 and upwards. Opening a document in Inkscape 1.4.3 and saving it will convert it to the current ('old') page format (MR #7608).

Background: While the 'old' format of pages in Inkscape is a custom addition that only works in Inkscape, the new format will make use of the svg:view element, which is standardized and can work in other SVG viewers, too. Find more information about this in MR #7525.

Crash / Freeze Fixes

Fixed a crash …

• … when undoing the creation of a new document page ([MR #7787], [Bug #6060])
• … when closing the Unicode Characters dialog ([Bug #6014], [[1]])

Fixed a freeze that occurred when

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General User Interface

Canvas

• When using the Layers and Objects dialog to move objects between groups, the bounding boxes on the canvas will now show the correct size and position again ([MR #7704], [Bug #5996])

Dialogs

Objects Dialog

• Up / Down arrow keys can be used to move around between objects again ([Bug# 10033], [MR #7817]).
• Using Inkscape in a language that is written from right to left (RTL), it is now possible again to expand sections in the Objects dialog ([MR #7825]).
• Changing an object's opacity in this dialog now affects what is saved in 'last used style' ([Bug #5811], [[2]]).

Preferences Dialog

• Label and tool tips for node deletion algorithm choices have been clarified ([MR #7819]).

Welcome Dialog

• Welcome Dialog contents no longer multiplies when you open new Inkscape windows with the dialog open ([Bug #5838], [[3]]).

https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/7817

Improvements for Development / Deployment / Testing

• libuemf

  is now a submodule, which makes switching between Inkscape branches during development easier ([MR #7787]).

Known Issues

On Wayland (display server), depending upon the Gtk version your system uses, a crash may occur when moving a docked tab, or closing a floating dialog. Trying to undock a dialog may result in the wrong dialog being undocked (Bug #6013, Upstream Gtk issue).

More known issues can be found on GitLab.

Translations

The following user interface translations received updates (as of Dec. 21 2025):

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Contributing to interface translations

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Documentation

Weblate is now being used to translate tutorials, man page and keyboard shortcuts, but still needs some finetuning.

The following documentation translations received updates:

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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.

Other releases

• Inkscape 1.5 — development branch
• Inkscape 1.4 — current stable release branch (1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4 next bugfix release)
• Inkscape 1.3 (1.3.1, 1.3.2)
• Inkscape 1.2 (1.2.1, 1.2.2)
• Inkscape 1.1 (1.1.1, 1.1.2)
• Inkscape 1.0 (1.0.1, 1.0.2)
• Inkscape 0.92 (0.92.1, 0.92.2, 0.92.3, 0.92.4, 0.92.5)
• Inkscape 0.91
• Inkscape 0.48 (0.48.1, 0.48.2, 0.48.3, 0.48.4, 0.48.5)
• Inkscape 0.47
• Inkscape 0.46
• Inkscape 0.45
• Inkscape 0.44
• Inkscape 0.43
• Inkscape 0.42
• Inkscape 0.41
• Inkscape 0.40
• Inkscape 0.39
• Inkscape 0.38
• Inkscape 0.37
• Inkscape 0.36
• Inkscape 0.35