space bar should allow to easily move around the document without using scrollbars
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inkscape |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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John Smith | ||
| inkscape (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Since, I believe, the Nineties, all graphic editing and viewing software I have ever seen allows you to navigate horizontally and vertically through the document by hitting the space bar and moving the mouse, or by hitting the spacebar, clicking and dragging.
Inkscape lacks this essential feature and obliges you to move through the document horizontally and vertically separately by using the scrollbars, which is tremendously annoying. Or perhaps it has another keyboard shortcut to allow you to easily move around the document using the mouse, different from the universal convention that has been omnipresent in every other graphic editing software in the last 20 years or so.
In either case, it should be fixed.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: inkscape 0.48.4-3ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Jun 9 20:22:25 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (241 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: inkscape
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (16 days ago)
Related branches
| Teo (teo1978) wrote | #1 |
| tags: | added: ui |
| Changed in inkscape (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| jazzynico (jazzynico) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in inkscape: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| milestone: | none → 0.91 |
| status: | New → Fix Committed |
| assignee: | nobody → John Smith (john-smithi) |
| Changed in inkscape (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in inkscape: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
| Changed in inkscape (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
The Middle Mouse Button Drag is IMHO the easiest method with Inkscape 0.48.4, but according to <http://
Note that Space Bar + Move works in the next major revision (0.91, currently under development), and that the tools toggle issue is fixed (see Bug #383871 "Let space switch to selector tool even when used for panning").