> What I don't understand is why the added space seems, in the case of
> the drop shadow, to be _totally_ unwarranted and unrelated to how the
> drop shadow has been applied. (...)
> Surely the default behaviour should not be like this?
That's what I was referring to in the 'turn into a feature request' part of my first comment.
> the original problem is still there when exporting it to PNG:
> The exported file will have plenty of totally empty space that
> does not contain drop shadow or anything else because of this issue.
You can export arbitrarily sized slices of the SVG file using the technique described in the 'Slicing a Drawing' section [1] of the 'Exporting PNG' manual page (invisible rectangle(s) on a separate layer).
> What I don't understand is why the added space seems, in the case of
> the drop shadow, to be _totally_ unwarranted and unrelated to how the
> drop shadow has been applied. (...)
> Surely the default behaviour should not be like this?
That's what I was referring to in the 'turn into a feature request' part of my first comment.
> the original problem is still there when exporting it to PNG:
> The exported file will have plenty of totally empty space that
> does not contain drop shadow or anything else because of this issue.
You can export arbitrarily sized slices of the SVG file using the technique described in the 'Slicing a Drawing' section [1] of the 'Exporting PNG' manual page (invisible rectangle(s) on a separate layer).
[1] http:// tavmjong. free.fr/ INKSCAPE/ MANUAL/ html/File- Export. html#id4336766