diff --git a/editor/jgraduate/jquery.jgraduate.js b/editor/jgraduate/jquery.jgraduate.js
index 3fa4ca8f..72bc200d 100644
--- a/editor/jgraduate/jquery.jgraduate.js
+++ b/editor/jgraduate/jquery.jgraduate.js
@@ -49,6 +49,22 @@ if(!window.console) {
     this.dir = function(str) {};
   };
 }
+$.cloneNode = function(el) {
+	if(!window.opera) return el.cloneNode(true);
+	// manually create a copy of the element
+	opera.postError(ns.svg, el.nodeName);
+	var new_el = document.createElementNS(ns.svg, el.nodeName);
+	$.each(el.attributes, function(i, attr) {
+		new_el.setAttributeNS(ns.svg, attr.nodeName, attr.nodeValue);
+	});
+	$.each(el.childNodes, function(i, child) {
+		if(child.nodeType == 1) {
+			new_el.appendChild($.cloneNode(child));
+		}
+	});
+	return new_el;
+}
+
 $.jGraduate = { 
 	Paint:
 		function(opt) {
@@ -69,7 +85,7 @@ $.jGraduate = {
     					break;
     				case "linearGradient":
     					this.solidColor = null;
-    					this.linearGradient = options.copy.linearGradient.cloneNode(true);
+    					this.linearGradient = $.cloneNode(options.copy.linearGradient);
     					break;
     			}
     		}
@@ -77,7 +93,7 @@ $.jGraduate = {
     		else if (options.linearGradient) {
     			this.type = "linearGradient";
     			this.solidColor = null;
-    			this.linearGradient = options.linearGradient.cloneNode(true);
+    			this.linearGradient = $.cloneNode(options.linearGradient);
     		}
     		// create solid color paint
     		else if (options.solidColor) {
@@ -209,7 +225,8 @@ jQuery.fn.jGraduate =
 			// if we are sent a gradient, import it 
 			if ($this.paint.type == "linearGradient") {
 				$this.paint.linearGradient.id = id+'_jgraduate_grad';
-				$this.paint.linearGradient = svg.appendChild(document.importNode($this.paint.linearGradient, true));
+// 				$this.paint.linearGradient = svg.appendChild(document.importNode($this.paint.linearGradient, true));
+				$this.paint.linearGradient = svg.appendChild($.cloneNode($this.paint.linearGradient));
 			}
 			else { // we create a gradient
 				var grad = svg.appendChild(document.createElementNS(ns.svg, 'linearGradient'));
diff --git a/editor/svg-editor.js b/editor/svg-editor.js
index bdc00107..e84088a3 100644
--- a/editor/svg-editor.js
+++ b/editor/svg-editor.js
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ function svg_edit_setup() {
 			var getPaint = function(color, opac) {
 				// update the editor's fill paint
 				var opts = null;
-				
 				if (color.substr(0,5) == "url(#") {
 					opts = {
 						alpha: opac,
@@ -825,6 +824,7 @@ function svg_edit_setup() {
 	var clickClear = function(){
 		if( confirm(uiStrings.QwantToClear) ) {
 			svgCanvas.clear();
+			populateLayers();
 			updateContextPanel();
 		}
 	};
@@ -1413,6 +1413,7 @@ function svg_edit_setup() {
 				if (paint.type == "linearGradient") {
 					svgbox.removeChild(oldgrad);
 					var newgrad = svgbox.appendChild(document.importNode(paint.linearGradient, true));
+					svgCanvas.fixOperaXML(newgrad, paint.linearGradient)
 					newgrad.id = "gradbox_"+picker;
 					rectbox.setAttribute("fill", "url(#gradbox_" + picker + ")");
 				}
diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index 7b05fa39..e152fbe9 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -982,7 +982,6 @@ function BatchCommand(text) {
 			node.nodeValue = node.nodeValue.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, "");
 		}
 		if (node.nodeType != 1) return;
-
 		var doc = node.ownerDocument;
 		var parent = node.parentNode;
 		// can parent ever be null here?  I think the root node's parent is the document...
@@ -1054,7 +1053,7 @@ function BatchCommand(text) {
 		var i = lgrads.length;
 		while (i--) {
 			var grad = lgrads[i];
-			var id = grad.getAttribute('id');
+			var id = grad.id;
 			var url_id = 'url(#' + id + ')';
 			if($.inArray(url_id, grad_uses) == -1) {
 				// Not found, so remove
@@ -1166,7 +1165,7 @@ function BatchCommand(text) {
 	// importNode, like cloneNode, causes the comma-to-period
 	// issue in Opera/Win/non-en. Thankfully we can compare to the original XML
 	// and simply use the original value when necessary
-	var fixOperaXML = function(elem, orig_el) {
+	this.fixOperaXML = function(elem, orig_el) {
 		var x_attrs = elem.attributes;
 		$.each(x_attrs, function(i, attr) {
 			if(attr.nodeValue.indexOf(',') == -1) return;
@@ -1174,14 +1173,18 @@ function BatchCommand(text) {
 			var ns = attr.nodeName == 'href' ? xlinkns : 
 				attr.prefix == "xml" ? xmlns : null;
 			var good_attrval = orig_el.getAttribute(attr.nodeName);
-			elem.setAttributeNS(ns, attr.nodeName, good_attrval);
+			if(ns) {
+				elem.setAttributeNS(ns, attr.nodeName, good_attrval);
+			} else {
+				elem.setAttribute(attr.nodeName, good_attrval);
+			}
 		});
 
 		var childs = elem.childNodes;
 		var o_childs = orig_el.childNodes;
 		$.each(childs, function(i, child) {
 			if(child.nodeType == 1) {
-				fixOperaXML(child, o_childs[i]);
+				canvas.fixOperaXML(child, o_childs[i]);
 			}
 		});
 	}
@@ -3881,7 +3884,7 @@ function BatchCommand(text) {
         	
         	// Fix XML for Opera/Win/Non-EN
 			if(window.opera) {
-				fixOperaXML(svgcontent, newDoc.documentElement);
+				canvas.fixOperaXML(svgcontent, newDoc.documentElement);
 			}
         	
 			svgcontent.setAttribute('id', 'svgcontent');
@@ -4685,7 +4688,9 @@ function BatchCommand(text) {
 			var defs = findDefs();
 			// no duplicate found, so import gradient into defs
 			if (!duplicate_grad) {
+				var orig_grad = grad;
 				grad = defs.appendChild( svgdoc.importNode(grad, true) );
+				canvas.fixOperaXML(grad, orig_grad);
 				// get next id and set it on the grad
 				grad.id = getNextId();
 			}