Enable global snapping preference by default

Ensures consistent behavior with previous versions, i.e. before the
switch was introduced in d69b5fe84fd438a218e6198af585f8532f0d8e70.

Try to improve help string.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/object/sp-namedview.cpp b/src/object/sp-namedview.cpp
index cc1e185a8..f3429158e 100644
--- a/src/object/sp-namedview.cpp
+++ b/src/object/sp-namedview.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ void SPNamedView::release() {
 
 void SPNamedView::set(SPAttributeEnum key, const gchar* value) {
     Inkscape::Preferences *prefs = Inkscape::Preferences::get();
-    bool global_snapping = prefs->getBool("/options/snapdefault/value", false);
+    bool global_snapping = prefs->getBool("/options/snapdefault/value", true);
     switch (key) {
     case SP_ATTR_VIEWONLY:
             this->editable = (!value);
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
index 1f094abbf..d543e1882 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
@@ -1665,9 +1665,9 @@ void InkscapePreferences::initPageBehavior()
     // Snapping options
     _page_snapping.add_group_header( _("Snap defaults"));
 
-    _snap_default.init( _("Enabled in new document"), "/options/snapdefault/value", false);
+    _snap_default.init( _("Enable snapping in new documents"), "/options/snapdefault/value", true);
     _page_snapping.add_line( true, "", _snap_default, "",
-                             _("When creating a new document, or opening a non-inkscape svg, what should global snapping be set to."));
+                             _("Initial state of snapping in new documents and non-Inkscape SVGs. Snap status is subsequently saved per-document."));
 
     _page_snapping.add_group_header( _("Snap indicator"));