Transparency vs. White background in Inkscape

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jex picture jex · Aug 18, 2010 · Viewed 49k times · Source

I am using Inkscape and I know how to use transparency within the image, but I am annoyed that the background of the workspace in Inkscape is white. I searched through a lot of settings, but had no luck.

How do I get the workspace checkered like in GIMP?

The white workspace is really bothersome if you design something in white

Answer

Mattias Wadman picture Mattias Wadman · Jan 16, 2012

A quite ugly solution is to design your own checker background and have it as locked bottom layer :) Im doing something similar when im fiddling around with iOS icons or items that will be on a background.

Also as Juve mention you could try out the grids property.

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