Release notes/1.1

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Release highlights

Definitely not released yet.

Inkscape 1.1 is a stability and bugfix release.

[For changes made even before the 1.0 release that aren't in 1.0, try to find out if the checked and not stroked ones here: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/1030 have really not been cherrypicked]

The most notable improvements are:

• Fill in

Important changes

For packagers

• We no longer depend on GtkSpell and ASpell but on GSpell for spell checking.
• lib2geom has been moved into its own git submodule (like the extensions).

Improvements

• XInclude support (see !1150) TODO: Move to a "technical" or "advanced" section?
• Hidden dialogs stop receiving signals and release resources
• Shell mode: a history of commands is now remembered and can be accessed with the up and down arrow keys. [Tab ... autocompletion?]
• Recognize layers in SVG files exported from CorelDraw (see !2046)

General user interface

• Dock layouts are now saved in an xml file (docklayout.xml) in the user preferences directory, making them transferable.
• The legacy gradient editor (a dialog that could previously be enabled in the preferences for the gradient tool) has been removed.

Canvas

Rotation lock

A new menu item has been added to allow the user to prevent the rotation of the canvas with key bindings commonly associated with zooming in other applications. This setting can be toggled on a per-window basis. In addition, a new preference option has been added to allow users to set the mode to be on when a new window is opened.

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  New "Rotation lock" menu item

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  Configuration option to lock the rotation by default

New cursors

New SVG-based, themeable mouse cursors with HiDPI support were added. These new cursors are part of icon themes. The default set is stored in ~inkscape\share\inkscape\icons\hicolor\cursors.

More information can be found on the SVG Cursors page.

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  new

New render mode Outline Ovelay

This show a mix of draw with a hover outline, making it sensitive as outline (paths no fills)

Tools

Node tool

The node tool now allows to copy, cut and paste a selection of nodes. These nodes can be inserted into the original path, into a different path or they can be pasted as a completely new path.

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  Copy, cut and paste just parts of the paths

Connector tool

• Connection lines now update in real time
• New sub-point connections for clones and groups, allowing users to use Inkscape to connect diagrams together like in other drafting tools:

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  New sub-connector points

Dialogs

Preferences dialog

• Added new search bar in the preferences dialogue that performs a recursive search over all the nested categories of settings

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  search bar in the preferences

• press F3 or Ctrl+G for next result
• press Shit+F3 or Ctrl+Shift+G for previous result

New preferences:

• In Edit > Preferences > Imported images: Import, there is a new option that allows you to disable relative paths to linked files ("Store absolute file path for linked images", active by default).
• In Edit > Preferences > Rendering > there is a new option Redraw while editing that improve performace of redrawing for some faster CPUs ("Responsive", active by default)

Live path effects

Automatic fill preservation for path effects

LPEs which render strokes as fills (Join Type, Power Stroke, and Taper Stroke) have been modified to automatically preserve the previous fill by creating a linked path when applied to an object.

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  Original drawing

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  Previous versions of Inkscape would preserve the stroke settings but remove the fill when applied.

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  Now, Inkscape will automatically preserve the fill by creating a linked path underneath.

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  LPE options for the linked fill

"Taper Stroke" LPE improved

The Taper stroke LPE has been updated to include taper direction options (allowing the taper to run to one side of the path, instead of to the middle) and smoothing options for both ends of the path, allowing more interesting paths to be made in the effect. In addition, using the keybind Shift+click on the on-canvas knots allows quickly alternating between the different possible taper shapes.

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  Direction control options

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  New parameter list

New shortcut for "Fill between many" LPE

A new shortcut has been added under the Path menu to automatically create a linked fill path using the Fill between many path effect. The effect is created beneath the selected paths and automatically selected to faciliate moving the path into the correct z-order and styling it as intended. For greater efficiency, the shortcut can also be bound to a hotkey using the Preferences dialog.

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  Previously, using this effect required tediously copying every path to the clipboard and pasting it into the parameter list of a new path.

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  Now, Inkscape can perform this task automatically, without any tedium.

• Offset improve offsetting method and speed. Now work on open paths (without self intersections)

New LPE slice

It works in groups, shapes and paths and can be nested allowing split a item by a line.

Extensions

A new extension allows to directly save as a PDF through Scribus, if Scribus 1.5+ is found in the path. This should allow to produce a color-managed PDF if the SVG is color-managed.

Notable bugfixes

Crash fixes

Fix a crash …

• … when ... (#number)

Other bug fixes

• Dragging connected objects now does not leave the connections behind until dragging concludes. Instead, lines follow drag smoothly.
• fixed Antialiasing problem with the color wheel for HiDPI screens 2416
• clean-up and making paint selector layout more constant 2400
• Increase size of arrows on color sliders 2427
• Fix of multiple regressions and bugs for command Storke to path 2410
• Fix of feColorMatrix filter primitive defoult rendering 2424
• Enable selection by click in the color wheel 2428

Even more bug fixes

There were even more issues fixed than those listed above, but these probably only affect a small portion of users, or are relevant for development and packaging only.

For a complete list, visit our GitLab issue tracker and see the commit history (all changes since DATE until release date).

Breaking changes / Action required

Extensions

Element selections API has been improved, the API in 10 of using self.svg.selected is deprecated in favour of the new self.svg.selection interface. The previous API will continue to work for the time being but should be updated to the new API. Selection is now a type of ElementList which provides filtering, ordering and other generalised functionality, if you need an element list for example to make a bounding box, this is the way to do it.

Translations

The following UI translations received updates:

• Language

The following documentation translations received updates:

• Language

Contributing to interface translations

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Documentation

• Some missing options were added to the man page (command line help)
• Some missing keyboard shortcuts were added to the keyboard shortcut reference

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.

Known issues

• Fill in
• Many of Inkscape's old bug reports still need to be tested and migrated to the new bug and feature request reporting page. While some progress has already been made, we still need your help with that task.
• All (migrated and new) open issues for the project are listed on GitLab. If you have some time on your hands and can help fixing them, join us in the development chat and let us tackle them together.

Previous releases

• Release notes/1.0 (1.0.1)
• Release notes/0.92 (0.92.1, 0.92.2, 0.92.3, 0.92.4, 0.92.5)
• Release notes/0.91
• Release notes/0.48 (0.48.1, 0.48.2, 0.48.3, 0.48.4, 0.48.5)
• Release notes/0.47
• Release notes/0.46
• Release notes/0.45
• Release notes/0.44
• Release notes/0.43
• Release notes/0.42
• Release notes/0.41
• Release notes/0.40
• Release notes/0.39
• Release notes/0.38
• Release notes/0.37
• Release notes/0.36
• Release notes/0.35