Inkscape puts the element grid in the wrong spot in the SVG file causing SVG errors

[Kelvin Song]

When scanning Inkscape-generated SVGs with W3C SVG validator (http://validator.w3.org/), it almost always returns the error 'Inkscape element grid not allowed as child of Sodipodi element namedview in this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.)'.

For example—http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F7%2F72%2FInto_the_stele.svg&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0

Or—http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Farchive%2F4%2F44%2F20130810011535!Grassy_grass_plant.svg&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0

This is easy to fix in a text editor—just cut the inkscape:grid element and paste it at the end of the document, right before the </svg> tag.

I am using the latest inkscape-trunk PPA.

[Valerio Bozzolan (bozzy)]

I can reproduce on Inkscape 0.92.5 (2060ec1f9f, 2020-04-08).

[Valerio Bozzolan (bozzy)]

The solution is to Save As "Optimized SVG" but then this is a related bug in Ubuntu:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1786724