The Middle Mouse Button Drag is IMHO the easiest method with Inkscape 0.48.4, but according to <http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html /View-Pan.html> you can also activate Space Bar+Left Mouse Drag thanks to an option in the Inkscape preferences, but it prevents using the Space Bar to toggle between tools (the manual also gives some other useful shortcuts)
Note that Space Bar + Move works in the next major revision (0.91, currently under development), and that the tools toggle issue is fixed (see Bug #383871 "Let space switch to selector tool even when used for panning"). ** Changed in: inkscape Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Changed in: inkscape Status: New => Fix Committed ** Changed in: inkscape Milestone: None => 0.91 ** Changed in: inkscape Assignee: (unassigned) => John Smith (john-smithi) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328217 Title: space bar should allow to easily move around the document without using scrollbars Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: Fix Committed Status in “inkscape” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Since, I believe, the Nineties, all graphic editing and viewing software I have ever seen allows you to navigate horizontally and vertically through the document by hitting the space bar and moving the mouse, or by hitting the spacebar, clicking and dragging. Inkscape lacks this essential feature and obliges you to move through the document horizontally and vertically separately by using the scrollbars, which is tremendously annoying. Or perhaps it has another keyboard shortcut to allow you to easily move around the document using the mouse, different from the universal convention that has been omnipresent in every other graphic editing software in the last 20 years or so. In either case, it should be fixed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: inkscape 0.48.4-3ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-27.50-generic 3.13.11 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Jun 9 20:22:25 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (241 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) SourcePackage: inkscape UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (16 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1328217/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp