reproduced with Inkscape 0.47 and 0.47+devel r9529 on OS X 10.5.8
Same issue when using other dialogs with variable height in docked status (like Swatches, Preferences, Filter Effects). The dialogs seem to reuse the same parameter for the height of the dialog window and are initially rendered at a (default?) height displaying only a small portion of the content. Changes to the window size are not stored between sessions.
reproduced with Inkscape 0.47 and 0.47+devel r9529 on OS X 10.5.8
Same issue when using other dialogs with variable height in docked status (like Swatches, Preferences, Filter Effects). The dialogs seem to reuse the same parameter for the height of the dialog window and are initially rendered at a (default?) height displaying only a small portion of the content. Changes to the window size are not stored between sessions.