Oh, i see. My file is exactly that way: lots of copies of copies... of objects with gradient. That have to be the problem.
At least now i know why, is less frustrating.

Thanks a lot!

No i tried to resize window when undocked. I can drag the window so i see it all. But the minim size is locked at a certain dimension. One hint recently discovered: I could repeat the bug on other machine (also with Mandriva). But i had to use the same files i used on my PC. Also i realized that it ...

In the situation in your image the gradient vertex is selected so you can edit the color. In this case i can also drag the Fill and Stroke window. But when just select the object, it's locked in that position. I will upload 2 images with the situation compared. Please pay attention to the red marker...

Hi,
Evan undocked the problem is the same.
The other PC i tested has a Mandriva, but i think is an older version.

One more thing to know, I do just graphics, the linux console looks like Egyptian hieroglyphs to me.

Hi, There are the images. It seem it happen with the gradient on stroke too. I believe the window is docked (?). Yes, i reported it as a bug. I did this time ago and they answer me so i wasn't sure someone have seen it this time. My screen resolution is 1280x1024, the same in the pictures. And is In...

I use Inkscape 0.48 on Mandriva Linux release 2010.1 (Official) for i586 Kernel 2.6.33.5-desktop586-2mnb on an 8-processor i686 When i select a gradient object, the Fill and Stroke window take more than half of my display, and i can't even see the whole fill and stoke window so i can pick the color ...