

Marking the option for Inline attributes (above) should keep ex.: Note that Edit → Preferences is also available via Ctrl+ Shift+ P (as indicated). These options should be available via Edit → Preferences → Input/Output → SVG output → XML Formatting. With caveats, you may want to look at the XML formatting options under the SVG ouput preferences: Is there a way to save an SVG file without the pretty print? Is there a way to save an SVG file without the pretty print?įor example, this part of the original file: When opening and saving that file in Inkscape, with no modification, the file size goes from 120kB to 170kB (I'm saving it as plain SVG, not Inkscape SVG).Īs far as I can tell, this is because the SVG generated by Inkscape is pretty printed, and therefore has a lot of useless whitespace. Also, if you haven’t known, you should only remove old and unused effect/filter by clicking “Vacuum Defs” before deployment.ĭo post a reply if you have more tips in optimizing SVG files.I have an SVG file created from Powerpoint that I now want to edit in Inkscape. Optimization should only be done before deployment, because optimized file should not be edited as saving it directly (Ctrl+S) will put back all configuration data which was considered redundant to the targeted agent, in most contexts referring to browsers. The original SVG file which is optimized should be saved as another file and not to replace the original file. The last option for Indent should always set to ‘None’ since nobody will care to hand code SVG file as Inkscape has done a lovely job for us.

Our brief tests also show that the precision should not go less than 3. The options should be chosen and tested according to what have been used, but one option that you should *not* choose is the “Enable viewboxing” which will disturb image sizing/positioning for browsers. Now you may do that easily by choosing “Optimized SVG” file type upon “Save As” (Ctrl+Shift+S).Īnother pop up will be prompted for user to choose what to be optimized or even compromised. SVG graphic files that produced by Inkscape can be further optimized by removing some editing data and spaces which will be ignored by or have less impact to the targeted medium, most of the time, browsers.
