If I create a gradient in Inkscape, the default coordinate space is userSpaceOnUse, as opposed to objectBoundingBox (see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/gradientUnits).
This is ok, but if I edit a gradient manually (via a text editor or the XML editor) to change it to objectBoundingBox coordinates, I would like it to stay that way.
objectBoundingBox gradients are very useful if you want to animate or otherwise interact with the SVG using javascript in a browser -- the gradient will move relative to the object, and you don't have to write extra complicated code to try and keep it lined up.
Currently, *a)* Inkscape initially renders the gradient nodes in the correct position, but does not render the gradient colours themselves. So the object has a flat colour. *b) *As soon as I drag one of the endpoints, it reverts to userSpaceOnUse coordinates.
Which means that it becomes quite difficult to edit my SVG file in Inkscape ever after! Ideally, the object would be coloured correctly, and if I move a node or endpoint, it would remain in objectBoundingBox coordinates.
Better yet, there would be a way to switch to objectBoundingBox coordinates from within the GUI, to avoid having to calculate the conversion maths in the XML editor.
How hard would those things be to fix?
- Bryan