Comment 8 for bug 247136

I just tested this on Ubuntu 9.10 with Inkscapea 0.47 and it still happens. I couldn't get artifacts to appear on the desktop background but the thumbnail still had them.

Interestingly in 0.47 you can select all of the empty text boxes with ctrl + A but not using the mouse cursor.

Should this be something that Vacuum Defs should take care of?