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Beginners' Questions How to view document (work area) maximized/fullscreen?
  1. #1
    David Spector David Spector @david-dev

    I usually create documents that are meant to fill the user's screen. Naturally, I use Inkscape Zoom as I create such documents. What seems to be missing from all Inkscape tutorials is a keystroke that will not just Maximize Inkscape (F11 only makes the Windows title bar disappear), but will maximize and make full screen the contents of the work area, which is the document, in its full actual size.

    The purpose? To see how the document currently looks all by itself.

    All toolbars should disappear, and a simple Esc should dismiss this viewing mode and return to regular Inkscape operation, just as before document maximize mode was entered.

    Currently, there seems to be no easy way to achieve this. Certainly not in a single keystroke. One would have to manually turn off each toolbar, etc. Or, alternatively, one would have to export a PNG, then view it in another program.

  2. #2
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurden

    I'd probably open the document in a browser, then modify & save in Inkscape, F5 the browser. The browser can fullscreen.

  3. #3
    David Spector David Spector @david-dev

    Inkscape should support its own previewing. What if there is a bug in the way the browser renders the image?

     

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