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Stop changing grid at zoom

Summary:

When I show a grid on my page I want it to act as a guide for me to draw on top of. I don't want the grid lines to change when I zoom in and out! Please stop that. Leave the grid as is - the whole point is to show me what scale I'm at.

Steps to reproduce:

In page properties, add a grid of 20px. Draw a box of 20px on the page. Zoom in and out. Notice how the grid lines keep getting bigger and smaller so you have no indication of how big 20px is anymore!!

Version info

Inkscape 1.4.2 (ebf0e940d0, 2025-05-08)

                  Compile  (Run)
GLib version:     2.84.1
GTK version:      3.24.49 (3.24.50)
glibmm version:   2.66.1
gtkmm version:    3.24.5
libxml2 version:  2.13.6
libxslt version:  1.1.42
Cairo version:    1.18.4 (1.18.4)
Pango version:    1.56.3 (1.56.4)
HarfBuzz version: 9.0.0 (9.0.0)

OS version:       GNOME 48 (Flatpak runtime)
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