Chapter 19. Customization

Inkscape is quite customizable. There are two ways to do so: through the Inkscape Preferences dialog and through modifying files in the share/inkscape directory (or .inkscape/).

Inkscape Preferences Dialog

Inkscape is most easily customizable through the Inkscape Preferences dialog (File → Inkscape Preferences Dialog Inkscape Preferences... (Shift-Ctrl-P)).

Inkscape Preferences Dialog

Inkscape Preferences Dialog.

There are too many options in the dialog to cover here. It is worthwhile to scan through the options under each entry. The most important options have already been mentioned ...

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