Thanks. That seems to be the issue, but does anyone have any idea why this is happening? As annoying as it is, I have now been able to deal with this by saving and reopening the files...

I'm really confused now. When I try to add text in inkscape, it does not show up. However, if I close the file and reopen it, the text appears. So because of that I don't think it has to do with invisible layers or transparency settings. In fact, some of this was done on brand-new installations of i...

I created a picture in GeoGebra that I would like to use as an illustration in a LaTeX file. I exported it as an svg file and opened it in Inkscape, in order to add labels to the figure. I tried adding text, but it was invisible. The text box grew as I typed, but no text appeared. I looked at the XM...