Thanks again ~suv for being persistent! I guess I was intimidated by the workaround since I smelled application file hacking and that's really not my home turf. But, after playing more with the Z-order (after being able to successfully export the workaround svg you sent) I got it to work! Easy fix r...

Thanks ~suv for the quick and good reply. I admit I should have read your first answer more thorough. Sorry about that.

I'm on Windows, so the workaround will not work for me.
Again, thanks for the great support.

Hi Thank you for the very detailed replies. I'm using Inkscape 0.48.2 r9819. I also believe I have the correct Z-order for my objects. I can easily reproduce this and have attached a basic sample to illustrate my problem. Hopefully this will help you understand my setup. It looks like it may be rela...

Hi I'm new to Inkscape and this forum. I have tried to find a similar post, but nothing quite the same.. I have an Inkscape drawing with an image and text. The image is clipped (Object-Clip-Set) to hide parts I don't want to be visible. The text is ordinary text created with the text tool, placed un...