Feature request: paste element into other element
I can't find a way to paste an element into another element. A "paste into" feature would be very useful. What happens now is that you have to search where element 1 is pasted in the XML editor, then relocate element 1 and drag element 2 onto it from who knows what parent, or use the DOM navigation buttons to move it around the DOM. I propose that you can right click on element 2 in the XML editor, choose "paste into" so that element 1 that was copied will be pasted into element 2 (become the child of element 2). You could also modify the regular paste function to do this when an element is selected.
Edit: The problem occurs with the <svg> element. Because inkscape does not understand that it's a container element like <g> (see #1077), you can't access it as a group, and thus can't paste anything into it. <svg> should be considered a container element with similar editing functionalities to <g>. In that sense it's a bug. In another sense it is a feature request, for instance when you want to paste into something that is not a container element.