Hello,
I find using guides very helpful. However, I would like to have multiple differently colored guides in one document. (I know how to change the guide color, but I want to be able to make this guide red for a margin, a blue guide for a center, a black guide for lining up some text, etc.)
I did a google search and didn't find much.

Any thoughts?

[And I have considered that I could "draw" the guides and lock them as a layer...however that seems sorta convoluted.]

Thanks,
a

Hi,

Good question.
Guides are stored as elements, and their fill is stored outside those tags, as
-in the inkscape saved svg's codes.
I tried to edit it on a notepad so that each guide had an own colour definion with no avail.
Maybe the developers can tell how much work would it need adding this feature, definitely submit it for feature request (if not being in plan already).
https://launchpad.net/inkscape

Hi Lazur,
Thank you for the thoughts.
I'm not knowledgeable about code, however I did submit this to the Inkscape developers on launchpad.
best
a

Hi.

Colored and labelled guides are already part of release 0.9.

RGDS
Ragnar

Hello Ragnar,
Is release .9 out already?
If so, where is it on the program...?
thank you
amy

Hi.

0.9 is not released yet but can have a look at some of it's features here;
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.91

RGDS
Ragnar