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Have Default Units as option in Preferences

How do you think Inkscape could be improved? Not an improvement, just added features...

What I would like, is to have separate default options to set in Preferences, 'Units of Measure' for...

Group A:

  • "Stroke" - (personally "Points") - While keeping the Unit Measurements Options also in the FILL & STROKE Dialog Box on-page, for occasional changes
  • "Fonts/Text" - (personally Points) - While keeping the Unit Measurements Options also in the TEXT & FONT Dialog Box on-page, for occasional changes

Again, while having a different/separate default setting - (personally Inches or CM, or PX etc.) for OTHER areas such as:

Group B:

  • "Page Size"
  • "Ruler"
  • "Measure Tool"
  • "Rectangle" dimensions
  • "Ellipse" dimensions
  • "Star/Polygon" dimensions
  • "Spiral" dimensions, etc.

So default settings for 2 different areas, one default setting for those in Group A & one default setting for those in Group B. Again, without losing the ON-PAGE options for a quick change if needed without changing the defaults. These could revert back to the defaults upon closing out of Inkscape ...

Thank you all for your time, consideration, your work & effort in creating the wonderful product that is Inkscape; and the Forum with the amazing Brynn, & Moini. Coming from a lifetime of using Adobe Creative Suite, I am so impressed by Inkscape (& Gimp if all of you have anything to do with that one as well!) Please know as a Mac (again lifetime) user I appreciate the creation of the DMG files so that Mac users like myself, too may use & create with this fantastic product!!

Edited by Jonathan Neuhauser
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