Dear Carl, thank you very much for this pointer - based on your help I was able to fix the color setting issue that caused the trouble. And yes, definitively easy to notice :-). And, due to your help, easy to fix now. Thanks again, take care
Dieter Jurzitza
Am Freitag, 6. Januar 2017, 10:54:37 schrieb Carl Symons:
Inkscape uses GTK themes (System Settings > Application Style)
You may need to change to a different theme for GNOME Application Style. [I use theme = Adwaita]
OR
mess around with colors in /usr/share/theme/[theme]/gtk-2.0/gtkrc change #FFFFFF (white) to something darker (I use #2e3436. #31363b, or #b8e8f) [I use theme = Adwaita] After changing, you have to restart Inkscape to see the change.
Sometimes an update will bring back the white on white scheme. Easy to notice, easy to change.
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