The Hide/Show submenu can be used to toggle on and off various parts of the graphical user interface including the Palette.

Inkscape dialogs can be hidden and unhidden with the Ver → Show/Hide Dialogs (F12) command.

Updated in v0.45.

Inkscape has an Outline or Wire-frame mode. In this mode, all paths and shapes are drawn as outlines with a one screen-pixel-wide stroke and no fill, regardless of zoom level. Text is drawn with an inverse fill and no stroke. Images are outlined in red, clip paths in green, and masks in blue.

The Outline mode is useful for seeing the overall structure of a drawing, precise node editing, and for finding and selecting those pesky, hidden objects that may have been created by accident. The mode is marginally faster than the normal mode. It can be selected under the Ver → Modo de visualización menu entry and toggled via Ver → Modo de visualización → Cambiar (Ctrl+Keypad 5).

The same drawing shown in the normal view on the left and the wire-frame view on the right (the text has been converted to a path).

The colors used by the Outline mode can be changed by editing the wireframecolors group in the preferences file (~/.inkscape/preferences.xml). Inkscape can be forced to start up in Outline mode by adding <group id="startmode" outline="1"/> to the preferences file inside the options group.

The Inkscape window can be made to cover the full screen with the Ver → Full Screen (F11) command. A second use of the same command returns the window to its original size and position.

Each new drawing is created in a separate window. To move between these windows, you can use the method provided by your operating system (try Alt+Tab) or the methods provided by Inkscape Ver → Next Window (Ctrl+Tab) and Ver → Previous Window (Mayús.+Ctrl+Tab).

A duplicate Inkscape window can be created with the Ver → Duplicate Window command. Both the original and new window refer to the same drawing. Thus, one can use one window for detailed work while keeping watch over how the work affects a larger region of a drawing.

An Icon Preview window can be created with the Ver → Icon Preview command. This allows one to see what a drawing (or selection) will look like as icons of different sizes. Which sizes are displayed can be specified in the preferences file (Linux: ~/.inkscape/preferences.xml) under the iconpreview group.

A preview of the Inkscape Bezier icon with the Icon Preview dialog.