Comment 32 for bug 170049

I would strongly argue to make this change configurable: there are other use cases for Inkscape besides artistic drawings and web design that depend on having a 1.quadrant coordinate system e.g. when using Inkscape for technical drawings (CAD applications have the origin in the lower left corner - besides offering user-configurable and object-related named coordinate systems). Configuration options ideally include the option to freely relocate the origin in relation to the defined page (e.g. move the origin to the middle of the page).

related reports:
Bug #170347 “ability to set coordinate origin”
Bug #171488 “User-defined coordinate system”