GUI option in preferences to select default template
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Inkscape |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Bug Description
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.
tags: | added: ui-preferences |
tags: |
added: preferences removed: ui-preferences |
tags: | added: ui |
Changed in inkscape: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in inkscape: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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