Inkscape [was Re: [Usability] HIG: "Check Boxes" section]

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

>       * There is no statement that a checkbox should almost always have
>         a label (or what the exceptions are), and there is no statement
>         that this label should always be after the checkbox (to the
>         right, in LTR languages), rather than before (as currently seen
>         in Inkscape).

I'm reasonably sure that layout is legacy from Sodipodi and not
intentional.  It is very likely to be fixed as part of the move to GtkMM
as the code gets rewritten.  (There is a totally new Preferences dialog is
available in recent builds but the flaw you mention does occure in other
places.)

-- 
Alan