Inkscape - ArchWiki

# Inkscape

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Inkscape is a vector graphics editor application. It is distributed under a free software license, the GNU GPL. Its stated goal is to become a powerful graphics tool while being fully compliant with the XML, SVG, and CSS standards.

## Installation

inkscape can be installed from the official repositories. The development version is available in the AUR as inkscape-gitAUR.

## Troubleshooting

### Tooltips unreadable with KDE Plasma

Under KDE's system settings go to colors > options and disable "Apply colors to non-QT-applications". Restart Inkscape if was running before the change.

### Pan using spacebar and mouse does not work

By default, libinput disables the mousepad when typing. You can disable this by adding the following line to the `InputClass` section of `/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad.conf`:

    Section "InputClass"
        ...
        ...
        Option "DisableWhileTyping" "0"
    EndSection

### Cannot change keyboard shortcuts

To be able to change keyboard shortcuts, create a copy of the shortcut file that you can edit:

    mkdir -p ~/.config/inkscape/keys
    cp /usr/share/inkscape/keys/default.xml ~/.config/inkscape/keys/

and restart the application.

## See also

- Multimedia in Arch Linux
- Inkscape at Wikipedia

Category:

- Multimedia