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Beyond the Basics How do I customize the order of buttons in toolbox?
  1. #1
    leptoceratops leptoceratops @leptoceratops

    I would like to customize the tools on the toolbox on the left of the Inkscape window. In particular, I would like to move the zoom tool button further up.

    I am using MacOS 10.14.6 and Inkscape 1.0.

    I have looked into Inkscape > Preferences and I could make icons very small, but still the zoom tool did not appear on the toolbox strip.

    Any ideas? Thank you.

  2. #2
    Bella Bella @Belladonna
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    I'm not sure how themeing works on non-Linux systems for Inkscape, but for me on Linux Mint, using a more compact theme has helped reduce padding issues which were forcing some toolbar icons off screen (and at that point only accessible by a little arrow at the bottom of the vertical  toolbars). So maybe look into your options for changing themes for Inkscape on your OS.

     

    I don't think you can arrange specific items in the toolbar. At least not from the GUI or preferences. 

  3. #3
    bananakid bananakid @bananakid
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    To rearrange or remove tools in toolbar on the left you should edit this file using text editor of choice %ProgramFiles%/Inkscape/share/inkscape/ui/toolbar-tool.ui (as stated in Inkscape Wiki).

  4. #4
    leptoceratops leptoceratops @leptoceratops

    Thank you @bananakid for your reply.

    I have copied the toobar-tool.ui to my home directory as such

    cp /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/ui/toolbar-tool.ui ~/Library/Application\ Support/org.inkscape.Inkscape/config/inkscape/ui

    and edited the file and it works!

    Thank you @bananakid!

    Perhaps the method for the MacOS filesystem should be added separately to the Inkscape wiki?

  5. #5
    bananakid bananakid @bananakid
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    You're very welcome! This is really handy you've figured out how to solve the issue using Application Support folder without touching app's contents. I guess it's really useful information and should be added to Wiki. However I couldn't find any form to report issue or suggestion for Wiki. No idea except maybe drop them a line at GitLab as an issue. This seems to work for some people and Inkscape team even issued a video on how to contact them using GitLab.

  6. #6
    gsundell gsundell @gsundell

    @bananakid @leptoceratops i guess i am technically challenged but can someone describe the procedure in a little more detail? im using Inkscape 1.3.1 (91b66b0, 2023-11-16) on mac os 10.13.6

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