Hello! I downloaded the new version 1.1 and out of habit began to configure the option to scale with the mouse wheel, but it does not work in the settings - nothing happens. Is this a bug or a deliberate decision to wean users from convenience and return them to the old methods of navigation - by pressing more buttons?

It's an implemented change. On macOS it's now ctrl+cmd+scrollwheel or scrollwheel on the % in the Zoom value at the bottom right of the Inkscape window. Numbers 1-5 still works BTW.

Sorry. I found how to do it. But why was it necessary to do this? There you now need to press the modifiers that appeared in the hotkey settings