File->Close closes Inkscape

[Kurt Ludikovsky]

When clicking the
      File -> Close

with no or the last document open,
this will also close inkscape.

I would expect that only the document will be closed not the program also.

I consider this a low-level issue with minor priority.

If this behaevour is intentional, than I would suggest to rethink it.

Step to reproduce:
A)
1) Open Inkscape
2) Click from the menu: File -> Close

B)
!) Open Inkscape
2) Open a document
3) Click from the menu: File -> Close

Reagards,
Kurt

Sytem: WIN 7/64 Home Premium SP1
Inkscape 0.48.2 r9819
                  (just tried it with 64 bit version of Inkscape 0.48.4 r with same result)

[su_v (suv-lp)]

This issue has been reported before, and is tracked in
- Bug #170550 (sf1106380) “open blank document on 'close'”
  <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170550>

Note that this behavior was implemented as designed (Inkscape being a
document-centric application). 'File > Close' (Ctrl+W) closes the
current document window, and if it is the last open window, the
application quits.

Due to popular demand, the next major version of Inkscape (0.91) will
open a new empty document if the last open document is closed with 'File
> Close' (Ctrl+W) (instead of quitting the application). The behavior of
'File > Quit' (Ctrl+Q) remains unchanged - it will close all open
document windows and quit the application.

Linking as duplicate to bug #170550.

[Kurt Ludikovsky (kurt-ludikovsky)]

OK, thank.
I did a seach, but this didn't show up.

I am happy with the answer and close the request.