Release Notes

Highlights of this preview and testing version are:

Inkscape documents can now hold multiple pages , which are managed by the new Page tool
Editable markers and dash patterns
Layers and objects dialog merged
New Tiling Live Path Effect
On-canvas alignment snapping
Selectable object origin for numerical scaling and moving
All alignment options in a single dialog
Gradient editing in the Fill and Stroke dialog
Redesigned Export dialog with preview and ability to select objects/layers/pages and even multiple file formats to export to
Snap settings refactored
Configurable Tool bar, continuous icon scaling and many more new customization options
Performance improvements for many parts of the interface and many different functions
Many crash & bug fixes

Compared to the alpha1 version, Inkscape 1.2 beta contains the following changes:

multiple crash fixes
a new Image importer extension that fetches SVG images from Wikimedia, OpenClipart & more
the option to browse for files in the Welcome dialog
new imagery from our Inkscape 1.2 About Screen Contest
the Paint Server (patterns and hatch fills) dialog works again
the Extension manager works again
the text cursor is always visible again
improvements to raster graphics export, eraser tool, guidelines location, extensions API, extensions and more!
packaging improvements
many small UI improvements
some performance improvements

The release notes draft for Inkscape 1.2 with all the info is available on the Inkscape Wiki.

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