: Exporting an object as svg from inkscape I know that Inkscape does not have the ability to export selected objects as svg, but is there a workaround that people have found that works?

@Alves566

I keep another instance of Inkscape running on the side and just copy-paste the object I want to save into the scratch document, then save.

Another option if you just want the path data is to select the object, Shift+Ctrl+X to open the XML editor, grab the pieces you want (usually the d attribute), then paste to wherever.

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@Dunderdale640

What I ended up doing is the following:


Select the object(s) to export
Open the document properties window (Ctrl+Shift+D)
Select "Resize page to drawing or selection"
File > Save As Copy...
Select Optimized SVG as the format if you want to use it on the web


Not as quick as I would like but quicker than creating a new document for each graphic that you want to export.

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