Welcome to the list TD! (at least this is the first time I've seen you here).
1 -- I would also like to see the display unit set for px by default. But as far as I understand, Inkscape is now recognizing mm as the default unit. I'm not sure why, but I wouldn't be surprised if it had something to do with SVG standards.
2 -- FYI, there are some current efforts to improve the whole Document Properties UX. You'd be welcome to get involved. I'm not sure if there's a formal place where discussions happen -- I just see them from time to time on the development list. Might be a wiki page?
I know there's a UX designer team....oops, I lied....could have sworn I saw one once.... I wonder why there isn't one? (other teams: https://inkscape.org/en/teams/)
(You could optionally upload your mockups to the website (there's a Mockups category). https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=ui-mockup/?order=-edited
3 -- Yes, I like that idea too. As far as I recall from the previous discussions I've seen, there are yet more controls to be added to Doc Props. So expanding the section might not be possible. But to me, the more people who are involved, the better Inkscape will be.
All best, brynn
-----Original Message----- From: Tyler Durden Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 7:28 PM To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units
Greetings.
A suggestion from the peanut gallery...
1) All future releases have default.svg with the display units set for px, scale= 1uu/px
2) Move the scale controls to another tab in the Document Properties panel, with language to describe function.
3) Expose the "Set page to drawing or selection" toolset (which is often overlooked by new and veteran users) on the Page tab of the Document properties panel.
Mockup of modified Document properties panel: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/zfz9yetclfy1m21/mockup1.png (also attached in case this board allows)
The above changes should alleviate most of the confusion and retain the controls for scale. Typical users needn't be concerned with scale and its complicated workings.
Thank you for your time and consideration, TD
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