The overall look and options of the Color palette and the Swatches dialog got a massive overhaul ( MR #2881): Numerous crash & bug fixes in the main Inkscape program and in in the stock extensions.Lots of improvements to the user interface.Performance gains for many parts of the interface and many different functions.Configurable Tool bar, continuous icon scaling and many more new customization options.

Convenience Boolean operation for splitting paths.

Flowing text around shapes and text padding.

Gradient editing in the Fill and Stroke dialog.

All alignment options in a single dialog.

Selectable object origin for numerical scaling and moving.

Import SVG images from Open Clipart, Wikimedia Commons and other online sources.

Redesigned Export dialog with preview and ability to select objects/layers/pages and even multiple file formats to export to.

On-canvas alignment snapping and Snap settings redesign.

Inkscape documents can now hold multiple pages, which are managed by the new Page tool.

18.1 Contributing to documentation and documentation translation.17.1 Contributing to interface translations.13.3.2 Extension Development Documentation.13.3.1 API Changes for Third-Party Extension Developers.4.4.1 Importing (Merge) / Exporting (Split).3.2.2 Alignment and Distribution snapping.

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