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1 minute ago, PaoloT said:

With big icons, the Finder shows some sort of approximation of the content:

Under El Capitan standard/default finder icon sizes, where Inkscape is setup to be the default app for SVGs, which can be seen due to the little Inkscape app icon for SVGs in list views then ...

 

  • Symbols

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  • List view

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  • List with top cover overflow

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  • List with right side cover overflow

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33 minutes ago, PaoloT said:

With big icons, the Finder shows some sort of approximation of the content
With small icons, nothing but the canvas shape.

Seems to be a local issue since we both use macOS 10.14.6. – To me this test.svg now shows content icons in both list views:

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I first exported using the first preset and an SVG file with preview was made. The SVG you included is not showing a preview. This is on Mac OS 10.12.6. I have to question why I would use SVG for a file with no vector graphics at all in it. In my opinion this is an odd choice for exporting what is only pixel data.

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48 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

I have to question why I would use SVG for a file with no vector graphics at all in it

 

45 minutes ago, v_kyr said:

it contains only image bitmaps

Oh! It contained only vector images, before I forgot that applying patterns in Designer would rasterize a vector image…

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Well the whole can have a bunch of different reasons, like older caches, different Quicklook & Thumbnailing frameworks on different MacOS versions, some app assciated custom icons for SVGs, Dropbox syncing issues, external storage devices ... etc.

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3 hours ago, v_kyr said:

Even it contains only image bitmaps, looks Ok here in Finder ...

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I see the same thing if the Finder window is set to show icon previews & that window is in gallery view. In Icon view, I only see the top red stoked rectangle; in Column view, the entire file is shown in the preview in the last pane.

I am running Catalina on my Mac.

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