Concept to improve the Document Properties panel. Relocates scale controls to a new tab and exposes the resize page tools for easier access and smaller total panel size.
Inkscape UI mockup based on the gnome design team mockups for designing software
i proposed this to save space, make it familiar and retain the extra special functions Inkscape has over other vector tools. for the pattern, we could do this and display a default pattern or if it's possible we could show the actual pattern used in the shape.