Hi alltogether,
some time ago I got a bugreport[1] against the debian package of inkscape 0.42.2. The user has problems with editing old drawings containing a "root" layer in the new inkscape version, where the layer is called "Layer 1". Don't we have a compatibility option somewhere?
I quote two of his mails further down for details.
With best wishes,
Wolfi
[1] 333779@...499...
Ambrose Li wrote:
If I edit a drawing with several layers and the root layer contains artwork:
After selecting a non-root layer, the "(root)" in the layer selection menu (the one along the bottom edge of the window) disappears. For example, if the drawing has three layers: root, "layer 1" and "layer 2", after selecting "layer 1", only "layer 1" and "layer 2" will remain in the layer selection menu.
(If I now click an object that is on the root layer, the "(root)" reappears in the layer selection menu. So the bug is not exactly serious, provided that I can select some object that is in the root layer.)
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I found that new drawings do not have a root layer, but a "Layer 1". So, I cannot reproduce the bug with new drawings, only old drawings with root layers.
Perhaps the bug is caused by lack of backward compatibility.
(I.e., the developers might have changed the default layer name, and then forgot that old drawings have an unnamed root layer.)