Wrong initial layer attribute setting

[Florian]

Use case scenario with errateous behaviour:

I go to File --> Document Setttings.
Change unit to px.
Change size to (518;518).
Now I hit F5 to draw random ellipse on the canvas and draw it.

Here comes the pain:
Now I want to center the ellipse.

I go to XML Editor, and try cx: 259px.
WORKS: Horizontally centered.

I go to XML Editor, and set cy 259px.
Does NOT WORK: My ellipse is somewhere up above the bordered drawing area.
Also tried 259 without "px".

Conclusion:
I looked around the xml, and noticed a transformation on the layer node,
shifting the y coordinates of everything 530.something up.
Didnt intentionally or elshow create the trasnformation.
Deleted it, and everything has been fine since.
But this is bad default behaviour i my opinion, someone should look at it please.

P.S.:
Is my first usage of inkscape, my first bug report, fault could be on my side.
*thumbsup for inkscape*

[Florian (florian-pein)]

Ah, forgot: I switched off "border shadows" in File --> Document Settings when changing size, if that matters.

[Mc (mc...)]

Hi,

the problem arises when you modify the page size, but should not appear in layers created after that, so a workaround should be to create a new layer after modifying the page size and work in that layer.