Hi,

I haven't used Inkscape for long, so quite possibly this idea is already realised somewhere and I just don't know about it. I think it would be helpful to be able to save your current viewpoint (a combination of zoom and x-y positioning) and then to assign a shortcut to it. Something along the lines of zoom presets (keyboard shortcuts 3,4,5), but customisable. When working on complex projects, sometimes you need to zoom out to get a wider view and then go back to detailed editing. Having this feature should save time by doing away with constant zooming back in and trying to find the right angle / position again.

Hi Indyosh

This functionality is in place already. From the manual:
Inkscape also keeps a history of the zoom levels you've used in this work session. Press the ` key to go back to the previous zoom, or Shift+` to go forward.
The key is "backquote" - on my American Layout Keyboard it's right under the 'ESC' Key.
See here: http://inkscape.org/doc/basic/tutorial-basic.html
and here: http://inkscape.org/doc/keys047.html

Good Luck
RGDS Ragnar

Thanks, ragstian. I'm still going through the manual and haven't gotten to the bit you referred to. The only thing with the backquote key is it records all instances of zooming - so you'd have to go back a fair few times to get to your original position. For example, I might be editing nodes at 3200% zoom, then zoom out with Ctrl + Middle Mouse Wheel to 283% to get a wide picture. Inkscape would record each step in the zooming out process (3200%, 2263%, 1600%, 1131%, 800%, 566%, 400% and finally 283%), so I'd have to hit backquote exactly seven times before I'm where I need to be.

try the Q key.

Great, thanks. Also, wish I found this topic before starting mine.

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