GUI option in preferences to select default template

[Patrick Storz]

Currently we require users to create a custom "default.svg" to change the default template used on Inkscape startup which is not very user friendly and probably not easily discoverable for many users.

I therefore suggest to introduce a preference that allows to select any SVG file on disk to be used as the default template.

Three possible implementations (ordered from easy to hard to implement / hard to easy to use):
1. A simple text input where one can copy/paste an absolute path to a .svg file on disk
2. A text input that also offers a "Browse" button that opens a file chooser
3. A dropdown that offers all available templates in default template directories plus an additional "Browse" option.

[TylerDurden (8thrule)]

I currently tell my students to save a new default.svg document to the user profile templates folder, that way they know more about where persistent custom templates, symbols, etc, can be placed.

That said, a button in the Document Properties panel that selects "make this the default document" with a radio button pair that chooses "For just me" or "For all users" might be handy.

Regards,
TD

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

I guess this can be considerd fixed;

Master has an option to save any document as a new template and allows to also set the saved template as default template