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Document Properties does not work in Mac. Help!

Asked by Kim

I have Mac OS 10.9.3. I downloaded the latest version of X11 and Inkscape for Mac. However, when I clicked "File" and opened "Document Properties", it did not open. I clicked on the icon "Document properties" and that did not work either. I restarted my Mac, reinstalled X11 and Inkscape, but that still doesn't solve that problem.

What is the solution for this issue? I checked previous answer but that was in 2010 and does not apply to this particular issue.

Please advise how to solve. Thank you.

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Liam P. White (liampwhite) said : 		#1

I tried doing this with the Inkscape 0.48.2 .DMG we distribute, on OS X Lion 10.7.4, XQuartz 2.7.6, and could not reproduce your issue.

Quick search for this issue results in this link (I have no idea if you already tried this, but you didn't link it in):
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1272865 may provide a workaround

Related bug #1244397

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Kim (globaltrade247) said : 		#2

Thank you, Liam. I have OS 10.9 Maverick and multi-monitor so it's Apple's problem. I guess we have to wait for Apple to fix it.

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Liam P. White (liampwhite) said : 		#3

@Kim: did you try the described workaround in the first bug report I linked?

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Kim (globaltrade247) said : 		#4

Yes, Liam. I did try, but it did not work. Document properties still does not open :-(

Thanks.

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Brynn (brynn4inks-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

I don't use a Mac, so normally I wouldn't try to answer a question like this. But I've run into this kind of problem before, on Windows, so maybe it's worth mentioning.

If any dialog gets minimized (on Windows) (rather than docked or closed) it will show up as a very small titlebar in the bottom left corner of the Inkscape window. Unless you're looking for it, you could easily overlook it. And if the dialog had been minimized when you closed Inkscape, it will still be there, the next time you open it.

I assume Macs have some means of minimize/maximizing windows..... But heck, maybe they aren't even called windows on Macs?

So anyway, for whatever it's worth.

Good luck :-)

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