Enable Use of External CSS in Inkscape
SVG specification 1.1 allows for the use of external CSS in SVG files, however as of version 0.91 this is yet to be implemented within Inkscape. Additionally, the upcoming SVG version 2 spec will allow for the use of the @import statement to import an external CSS stylesheet. My proposal is that Inkscape be updated so that it can read a call to an external CSS page and in preparation for version 2 support be able to import included CSS links.
I'm not sure where an individual's file would be on the various OSes, but assuming Inkscape's customization files exist in ~/.inkscape, custom CSS pages could exist in ccss (the extra C signifying "custom") and the CSS friendly Inkscape version could be taught to read from ~/.inkscape/ccss first
Any new custom CSS pages could be automatically added to the ~/.inkscape/ccss directory and possibly also saved to the same directory the (calling) SVG is saved to
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Not started
- Approver:
- None
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- Karen Stingel
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- None
- Definition:
- New
- Series goal:
- None
- Implementation:
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Unknown
- Milestone target:
- None
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YES—*PLEASE*! I’ve wanted this in Inkscape for nearly 10 years.
The ability to maintain a separate CSS document (or documents) and use it from multiple SVGs would be a paradigm shift.
2016-10-01 VictorWestmann : this sounds very interesting. +1 for this feature. Could you give more examples and samples on how this should work inside the application?
2017-04-05 Isaactzab : Also +1. This could be a good feature. Could be used like templating system. A potential issue is when you move your files and forget the CSS, SVG file will be broken. Maybe embedding CSS file helps.
