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I am using Inkscape and I know how to use transparency within the image, but I am annoyed that the background of the workspace in Inkscape is white. I searched through a lot of settings, but had no luck.
How do I get the workspace checkered like in GIMP?
The white workspace is really bothersome if you design something in white
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Here's the story. The Inkscape background is transparent by default, whether you have a checkerboard background enabled or not. If you use File menu > Export PNG, it will create a transparent background in that new PNG file. If you doubt whether it's transparent, you could import it back into Inkscape.
Beginners are sometimes surprised that their exported image has a transparent background. To change this, open File ‣ Document Properties ( Shift + Ctrl + D ), then for a white background, set the alpha channel of the background color to 255 after a click on the Background Color field.
Applying Transparencies to Objects First wave selected. Choose Object > Fill and Stroke > Fill tab, and type 90 in the right end of the Opacity (%) sliding bar. First wave set to 90 percent opacity. You can just see text through the first wave.
You can change the background color in Inkscape by changing the document properties (in the File menu).
In particular, you can check 'Checkerboard background' to show the checkerboard if the background is set to transparent.
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A quite ugly solution is to design your own checker background and have it as locked bottom layer :) Im doing something similar when im fiddling around with iOS icons or items that will be on a background.
Also as Juve mention you could try out the grids property.
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