Ruler (and other UI elements) toggle will moves canvas view

Summary:

When toggling the ruler on/off, Inkscape moves the canvas view by the the amount of the ruler thickness.ruler_jumping

Steps to reproduce:

  • open Inkscape
  • add any visible object to the canvas
  • toggle the ruler on/off (ctrl+R)

What happened?

  • the object jumps back/forth on screen (but not in document)

What should have happened?

  • the ruler should gracefully appear over the rendered document and disappear without any perceived movement on screen like this:

ruler-not-jumping

Version info


Inkscape 1.2-beta (1b65182, 2022-04-05)
Edited by Nathan Lee