SVG files not visible

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Senorpablo
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SVG files not visible

Post by Senorpablo »

SVG files don't seem to be supported, is this correct?

I've searched the forums and found some posts suggesting I need to edit the file exclude list to see them, but there is no exclude list visible to me. I've tried adding SVG to both/either/neither of the custom files lines without success. If I enable 'all other files' I can at least see the SVG as generic file icons which is slightly better than nothing. Not sure why I don't at least get this behavior when SVG is added to one of the custom files lists? I don't want to see every file because it's far too cluttered, which is currently the only way to get SVG files to at a minimum display as generic icons.

No exclude list:
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bridgetgomez
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Re: SVG files not visible

Post by bridgetgomez »

Yes, XnView Classic does not natively support SVG rendering. I think you should XnView MP instead.
cday
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Re: SVG files not visible

Post by cday »

While XnView MP does support viewing SVG files support is limited, so more complex files may not be viewable.