Select text and remove shape from another layer

Question

I have two layers:

• layer 2 – text “hello”
• layer 1 – black square

I would like to select an outline of the text, change my highlighted layer to layer 1, then cut/delete that shape from the black layer.

I will then be able to delete/make-invisible the text layer and what remains will be a black box with a shape of the text “hello” cut out of it.

In Photoshop [Mac] (which I no longer have access to), this was simple:

1. Cmd-click the text layer
2. Select the black box layer
3. Cut pixels

What is the equivalent in Inkscape?

Answer 1

As Inkscape does not have shaped selections as these mostly make sense in pixel graphics. Instead you manipulate the shape of an object through another shape:

1. Duplicate the text.
2. Add the square to the selection (click it holding ⇧).
3. Path → Difference.